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Irish Names for Girls

There are 184 Irish names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Irish names 1 to 20. Within these names, Erin (English and Irish) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #141 and a usage of 0.1171%, followed by Abbie (English and Irish) and Abbey (English and Irish). The unusual Irish names are Abiageal (Irish), Addie (English and Irish), Afric (Irish), Aghna (Irish), Aideen (Irish), Aignéis (Irish), Aine (Irish), Aingeal (Irish), Aislin (Irish), Aisling (Irish), Aislinn (Irish), Alastrina (Irish and Scottish), Alastriona (Irish and Scottish), Aline (French, Irish, Scottish, and English), Almha (Irish), Aoibhe (Irish), and Aoibheann (Irish).

Irish names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 10.359% of baby girls being given Irish names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 17 Irish names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of heavy use. In 2007, their total usage was only 2.043% with 29 Irish names listed among the top 1000. Among all Irish names, Brianna (English and Irish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #22 and a usage of 0.4194%.

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IRISH NAMES:

Erin Popularity Trend of Erin
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 141 141 ... Irish woman ...It is used mainly in English and Irish ... The meaning of Erin is 'Irish woman' ...

Abbey Popularity Trend of Abbey
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 820 820 ... my father rejoices, ...It is predominantly used in English and Irish. ...

Abbie Popularity Trend of Abbie
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 634 634 ... my father rejoices, ... used in the English and Irish languages, and it is ...

Abiageal ... my father rejoices, ... is used mainly in the Irish language. ...

Addie Popularity Trend of Addie
from 1900 to 2007. ... son of Adam; noble, ...It is used largely in English and Irish. ...

Afric ... pleasant ... it is used mainly in Irish ... titular heroine in the Irish television series ...

Aghna ... pure, chaste ... Aghna is mainly used in Irish and its language of ...

Aideen ... jealousy; face ... predominantly used in Irish ... (Old Irish) is an old form of the ...

Aignéis ... pure, chaste ... used predominantly in Irish and its origin is Old ...

Aine ... fire, brightness, splendor ... predominantly used in Irish ...

Aingeal ... messenger of God, angel ... is primarily used in Irish and its language of ...

Aislin ... dream, vision ... boy name Aislin is of Irish origin and it is also ...

Aisling ... dream, vision ... is used chiefly in the Irish language and its origin ...

Aislinn ... dream, vision ... is of Irish origin and it is also used largely ...

Alastrina ... defender of men ...It is predominantly used in Irish and Scottish ...

Alastriona ... defender of men ... is used mainly in the Irish and Scottish ...

Aline Popularity Trend of Aline
from 1900 to 2007. ... lovely; noble, honorable ... in French, Irish, Scottish, and English ...

Almha ... boy name Almha is of Irish origin and it is also ...

Aoibhe ... beauty ... predominantly in the Irish language and it is ...

Aoibheann ... fair radiance, beautiful ... is used mostly in Irish and its language of ...



Popularity Trend
for Irish Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Irish Names
in 2006