<a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/168/Irish-Names">Irish baby names</a> have been well used for girls outside the Emerald Isle for decades, but there's a new wave of Irish girl names that sound fresh and intriguing. Some of these beautiful Irish names for girls, such as Aoife, Niamh, and Fiadh, have been in Ireland's Top 100 for years, and are just starting to catch on in England and the US too.
 
All of these unique Irish girl names rank outside of the US Top 1000. Along with Aoife and Fiadh, Irish girl names that are rare in the US but common in Ireland include Caoimhe, Róisín, Ciara, Clodagh, Éabha, Sadhbh, Aoibhín, and Áine. Formerly obscure Irish names, such as Saoirse and Bellamy, are now rising in the US, and many of these choices could have similar trajectories.
 
Here are some of our favorite rare Irish names for girls. You may also want to expand your search to our full list of <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/804/irish-names-for-girls">Irish girl names</a>. Or go here for a list of the best <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/328/Irish-Baby-Names-for-Boys">Irish baby names for boys</a>.

Best Irish Girl Names 

Energetic Connelly variation that works better for girls than for boys.

Connolly

Though Dara was an (extremely wise) male figure in the Bible, this name feels mostly feminine to modern Americans. The Irish Gaelic version, Darragh, is well-used in contemporary times for boys.
 While Dara dropped out of the Top 1000 a couple of decades ago, it's one of those magic names that feels neither fashionable nor unfashionable. This timeless quality can be an advantage for a child over time. And Dara has the cross-cultural thing going for it as well. It's also a Slavic name, meaning "gift".
 The cousin-name Daria was featured a few seasons ago as the smart and cynical star of her own eponymous animated MTV show.

Dara

unique irish girl names

Unique Irish girl names, with unusual, uncommon, rare, and unique Irish names for baby girls. (Page 5)

Unique Irish Girl Names

Connolly

Dara