Irish & Scottish Gaelic names
34 names from the Irish & Scottish Gaelic naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- Africa (Irish & Scottish Gaelic)GirlFrom Old Irish Aifric: meaning uncertain, possibly related to 'Africa' or a variant of a different root.
- BrianBoyRoot uncertain: perhaps an old Celtic word for high ground or a hill, or a separate root meaning might or strength.
- CowalBoyFrom Irish Comhghall, combining comh (together) and gal (valour).
- CríostóirBoyThe Irish form of Christopher, from Greek Christophoros meaning "bearer of Christ".
- CroíaGirlFrom the Irish word croí, meaning "heart".
- DáibhíBoyThe Irish form of David, from Hebrew Dawid meaning "beloved".
- DáithíBoyAn Irish name meaning "swiftness" or "nimbleness".
- Dara (Irish & Scottish Gaelic)BoyAn Irish name, the Anglicized form of Dáire.
- DarachBoyFrom Irish dair, meaning "oak tree"; Darach preserves the genitive form.
- DaraghBoyAn Anglicized Irish name, derived from either Dáire or Darach.
- DeirdreGirlMeaning uncertain; often linked to an Old Irish root for "daughter," though scholars do not agree on this.
- Ena (Irish & Scottish Gaelic)GirlAn anglicized adaptation of the Irish name Eithne, related to words denoting grains or cereals in Old Irish.
- ItaGirlFrom Irish Íde: likely deriving from Old Irish ide, meaning "thirst" or "want".
- IúileGirlThe Irish form of Julia, ultimately from the Latin Julianus, itself derived from Julius, the Roman family name.
- IvorBoyFrom Old Norse Ívarr, combining elements meaning "bow" (related to the yew tree, traditional bow wood) and "warrior".
- JarlathBoyFrom Irish Iarlaithe, likely derived from earl or iarla ("earl"), and possibly combined with elements referring to rank…
- KathleenGirlFrom Irish Caitlín, itself derived from the English and French Catherine, which comes from the Greek Katharinē (meaning…
- KeavyGirlFrom Irish Caoimhe, composed of caom ("kind, gentle") and the feminine ending -e.
- KeelanBoyFrom Irish Caolán, a diminutive of Caol ("slender, narrow"), possibly also incorporating the element -an, a common…
- KeelinGirlFrom Irish Caoilfhionn, composed of caol ("slender") and fionn ("fair, white"), describing a slender, fair-haired woman.
- KeenanBoyFrom Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian ("ancient" or "far away"), with the -an suffix indicating a smaller or…
- KeevaGirlFrom Irish Caoimhe, composed of caom ("kind, gentle, beautiful") and the feminine ending -e.
- LiliasGirlScottish diminutive of Lillian, derived from Elizabeth.
- LiùsaidhGirlScottish Gaelic form of Lucia or Louisa, derived from Latin Lucius meaning "light-giving".
- MàiriGirlScottish Gaelic form of Maria, derived from the Hebrew name Mary.
- MaisieGirlScottish diminutive of Mairead, derived from Margaret meaning "pearl".
- MalcolmBoyFrom Scottish Gaelic Máel Coluim: "devotee of Saint Columba" or "disciple of Columba".
- MaoiliosBoyScottish Gaelic name meaning "servant of Jesus".
- Maol ChaluimBoyScottish Gaelic form of Malcolm, meaning "devotee of Saint Columba".
- MarsailiGirlScottish Gaelic form of Marcella, derived from Marcus meaning "of Mars".
- MhairiGirlScottish Anglicised form of the Gaelic vocative case of Màiri, derived from Maria or Mary.
- MìcheilBoyScottish Gaelic variant of Michael, derived from Hebrew meaning "who is like God?".
- MurielGirlFrom Gaelic elements for "sea" and "bright" or "fair," read together as something like "bright as the sea."
- NeasaGirlAn old Irish name of uncertain sense, carried by a mother figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.