Girls
Aileen - equivalent of the English Evelyn or Helena, meaning "pleasant".
Áine - Irish for the name Anne.
Aisling - meaning "dream".
Aithne - meaning "fire".
Aoife - equivalent of the English name Eva, meaning "life-giving".
Brighid - the name of a Celtic god, daughter of the sun god, goddess of light and poetry, meaning "girl" or "beautiful woman".
Caoimhe - meaning "gentle, beauty, grace".
Cathleen - the English Catherine, meaning "pure".
Dana - meaning "God is my judge".
Deirdre - meaning "fair lady".
Dervla
Ena - meaning "fire".
Erin or Erinn - meaning "from Ireland".
Fiona - meaning "blond".
Fionnuala
Gráinne
Ina - same as Ena.
Máire - the English Mary.
Mairéad
Morna - meaning "loved".
Moyna - meaning "noble".
Roisín
Síle - the English Sheila or Cecilia.
Siobhán - the English Joan.
Sinéad - meaning "mercy".
Sorcha - meaning "shining".
Tara - from the Irish word "torra" meaning "rocky top".
Boys
Brendan - Irish saint from the 6th century, meaning "he who lives in the lighthouse".
Brian - meaning "hill".
Ciarán - equivalent of the English Kieran.
Colm or Colum - from the Irish monk St. Colombus in the 6th century, meaning "dove".
Conal or Conall - meaning "very powerful".
Conan - meaning "high".
Conor
Declan - Taken from a fourteenth century Irish Saint and means "Man of Prayer".
Diarmuid - equivalent of the English name Dermot.
Domhnall - the English Donal, meaning "ruler of the world".
Fergus - meaning "male choice" or "highest choice".
Finbar
Kevin - meaning "noble by birth".
Liam
Neil - meaning "champion".
Pádraig - Irish for Patrick.
Seán - Irish for John.
Séamus - Irish for James.
Tomás - Irish for Thomas.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bultman/BB/firstnames.html
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