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Ireland Names for Boys

There are 59 Ireland names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Ireland names 1 to 20. Aidan was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #59 and a usage of 0.3547%. 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 the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic name, Albert. The unusual Ireland names are Athol (English), Brosnan, Irish (English), Aeneas (English), Alistair (English and Scottish), Ambrose (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Barry (English and Irish), Bartholomew (English), Calum (English and Scottish), Cearbhall (Irish), Colman (English and Irish), Conn (English and Irish), and Cormac (Irish).

Ireland names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1969, 10.934% of baby boys were given Ireland names. There were 26 Ireland names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Ireland names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 27 Ireland names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.980%. Within all Ireland names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Athol new Ireland ...Athol's meaning is 'new Ireland'. ...

Brosnan one from Brosna in Ireland, dweller near the Brosna River ...

Irish from Ireland ...The name's meaning is from Ireland. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adam Popularity Trend of Adam
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 72 72 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 Popularity Trend of Aidan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 59 59 little fire ... England, Scotland, and Ireland ...

Albert Popularity Trend of Albert
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 372 372 nobly famous; white ... Ireland, the name is used as an Anglicized form of ...

Alistair beyond Scotland and Ireland by the 19th century ...

Ambrose Popularity Trend of Ambrose
from 1900 to 2008. immortal, divine ... in Roman Catholic Ireland than in England ...

Barry Popularity Trend of Barry
from 1900 to 2008. fair headed; spear; ... Ireland, it could be an Anglicized form of the Irish ...

Bartholomew Popularity Trend of Bartholomew
from 1900 to 2008. son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ...

Brian Popularity Trend of Brian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 87 87 strength, power, force ... name was widely used in Ireland because of Brian Boru ...

Brock Popularity Trend of Brock
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 277 277 badger ... used as a first name in Ireland since the Middle Ages. ...

Calum dove; disciple of Saint ... Ireland, the name became Colm and then Colum, which ...

Carson Popularity Trend of Carson
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 89 89 rock, coastal rocks; ... Northern Ireland, the name is sometimes given in ...

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

Charles Popularity Trend of Charles
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 63 63 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. ...


Popularity Trend
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for Ireland Names
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