If you like the Irish surname feel, there are loads of more congenial options.

Perkin sounds a bit Hobbit-ish as a full name, but it might make a good honor name or nickname for a boy called Peter.

Aban is the Persian word for the month of October, derived from the Avestan apes, meaning "the waters".

An unusual and appealing Scottish family name that would work as well for a girl as a boy.

Although this variation is less popular than ultra-trendy Aiden, this simplified spelling doesn't do anything for the name.

Glyn is a pretty, glimmery name that is heard much less often than Welsh sisters Gwen and Bryn. It is also used for boys and might make a good honor name for an ancestral Glenn.

As a term of endearment, maybe, but not as a proper name, where it would practically demand the refrain "Banana."

This name relates to Oisin, a famous ancient Irish poet, the son of Finn MacCool.

Panya is a Russian diminutive that sounds a tad feminine to the Western sensibility.

Amarissa is kind of cobbled together from two traditional elements: Ama, which means "love" or "lover" and is found in such more established names as Amabel and Amariah, and -issa, which is a common feminine suffix that functions as a diminutive. While Amarissa is pretty and frilly, it may frequently be misunderstood as Marissa, Melissa, and may ultimately be more trouble than it's worth.

An Irish surname name with a combination of boldness and élan. Some might connect it to the founder of the group T. Rex -- Marc Bolan.

Same problem as Eóin -- squared.

Originally a nickname, this has become a given name in Sweden, albeit rare. It's much more common as a middle, however.

Could work for a blended Japanese-Irish family.

English speaking countries may only associate this with the fifth-century Hun, but the name is still well-used in contemporary Hungary, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.

Spelled Géza in Hungarian, this is the modern form of Gyeücsa. It derives from a Hungarian noble title: gyeü, with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 10th-century leader of the Hungarians, father of the first king István.

The surname of the 44th US President has been been adopted as a first, for girls as well as boys, by admiring parents around the world. And the O beginning even makes it fashionable. Though Barack Obama's name derives from the Luo people of Kenya, Obama is also a Japanese place name and a surname that means "little beach."

This name quite fittingly means "little mother."

This name may mean "little" but there is nothing small about a name that has so many notable bearers, including Syrian poet and feminist Nizar Qabbani.