Ireland Names for Boys

There are 47 Ireland names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Ireland names 1 to 20. Aidan was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #54 and a usage of 0.3807%. The name is primarily used in English, Irish, and Scottish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Charles, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English and Irish Brian, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the English and Irish Brock, and lastly the English and Irish name, Declan. The unusual Ireland names are Aeneas (English), Alistair (English and Scottish), Ambrose (English), Barry (English and Irish), Bartholomew (English), Calum (English and Scottish), Cearbhall (Irish), Colman (Irish), Conn (English and Irish), Cormac (Irish), Cyril (Czech, English, German, and Slavic), Darby (English), and Darcy (English).

Ireland names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1960s. At the height of their usage in 1969, 10.614% of baby boys were given Ireland names. There were 23 Ireland names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Ireland names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 22 Ireland names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.975%. Within all Ireland names, the Czech, English, and German Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9915%.

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Adam 65 ... man; to make ... the abbot of Iona in Ireland, who was the first to ...

Aeneas ... praiseworthy ... or Aonghas, and in Ireland as an equivalent of the ...

Aidan 54 ... little fire ... England, Scotland, and Ireland ...

Alistair ... defender of men ... beyond Scotland and Ireland by the 19th century ...

Ambrose ... immortal, divine ... in Roman Catholic Ireland than in England ...

Barry ... fair headed; spear; ... Ireland, it could be an Anglicized form of the Irish ...

Bartholomew ... son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... first man to arrive in Ireland after the biblical ...

Brian 81 ... strength, power, force ... name was widely used in Ireland because of Brian Boru ...

Brock 259 ... badger ... used as a first name in Ireland since the Middle Ages. ...

Calum ... dove ... Ireland, the name became Colm and then Colum, which ...

Carson 90 ... rock, coastal rocks; ... Northern Ireland, the name is sometimes given in ...

Cearbhall ... hacking ... popular in medieval Ireland, and was well used ...

Charles 62 ... man, free man ... for Teàrlach, and in Ireland for Cearbhall and ...

Colman ... dove ... Ireland, the name was borne by several saints known ...

Conn ... leader, chief, high; ... was a High King of Ireland around 200 AD; he was ...

Cormac ... son of charioteer; impure son ... ancient High Kings of Ireland. ...

Cyril ... of the lord ... Ireland, the name is used as an Anglicized form of ...

Darby ... deer town, farmstead ... Ireland, the name is sometimes seen as an ...

Darcy ... from Arcy; descendant ... France and attacked Ireland after the conquest of ...

Declan 349 ... who was a missionary to Ireland ...