Happy St. Patricks Day! Share your favorite Irish names!
http://www.babynamesofireland.com
http://nameberry.com/list/2/Irish-Baby-Girl-Names?all=1
http://www.babynamewizard.com/name-list/irish-girls-names-most-popular-names-for-girls-in-northern-ireland-
http://nameberry.com/list/328/Irish-Baby-Names-for-Boys?all=1
http://www.babynamewizard.com/name-list/irish-boys-names-most-popular-names-for-boys-in-northern-ireland-
Boy- Ronan
Girl - Tara
bananas / 9628 posts
Fiona & Tegan are my favorite Irish girl names and Seamus is my favorite for a boy (we plan on using Seamus someday)
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@T.H.O.U.: Heh a spelling variation of my maiden name is on the nameberry boy list 
Hmm. I was thisclose to being Caoilainn Siobhan, so I like both those names, but would probably not consider them if we have a future daughter.
I love Ava and Shannon (I have a cousin named Shannon), and Rory and Liam are on my boy list. D actually loves the name Rory, so if we decide to have another LO and it's a boy I think that name will be on our short list. Oh and Seamus! But I don't think D would go for that one...
pomelo / 5509 posts
I love Callum and Cormac for a boy, and Ciara and Moira for a girl. I also love Ava.
grapefruit / 4862 posts
Somehow not on the baby names of ireland site, but my fave (maybe wrongly associated with ireland?) names are Rhiannon and Maureen. I also went to elementary school with a girl who was, in my 2nd grade mind, "Named Shauna but it's spelled Ciona" (I think that's how it was spelled, definitely started with a C. And I think she was Irish.)
Man do they have some crazy spelling/pronunciation!!!!
pomelo / 5678 posts
@IRunForFun:--> @loveisstrange: is totally right! I think I was just pronouncing it how I 'want' it to be said!
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
@kjpugs: I agree, I think some of the names are so pretty but I would want the "americanized" version of the spelling.
pomelo / 5509 posts
@loveisstrange: Ding ding ding! Apparently the correct pronunciations are seer-sha and sayer-sha.
coconut / 8234 posts
@IRunForFun: what @loveisstrange: said. I used to go see an Irish Hip Hop band (don't make fun of me) and one of their songs is called Saoirse, pronounced seer-sha (but not like see-er).
papaya / 10343 posts
yay irish! My husband is Irish and we have a very Irish last name and our LO will be named Fiona. I hope she comes out with bright red hair
My SIL also wanted an irish name and named her LO Riley (boy). And my cousin married an Irish guy and wanted to do irish names for her kids, so she has Brody, Riley (girl), and Delaney (my fav of her set).
grapefruit / 4862 posts
PS I should add... I babysat for a supppppppppper Irish family, and their kids had the best names! Claire, Aidan, Connor, Gracie, Rory, Brona, and Ronan. (Brona was Regina for like a week though, haha! They changed it later!) That was like 15 years ago. It was the first time I heard Aidan or Ronan.
ETA - omg 7 kids. It seemed like NBD when I babysat them but now that I have one that strikes fear in my heart.
grapefruit / 4649 posts
@MUI831: Me too! I love Maeve! It is on my short list if this baby is a girl.
I like Brennan for a boy but it is very similar to my brother's Irish name and we have friends with a little one named that too.
pineapple / 12526 posts
@kjpugs: Rhiannon was on our name list for C, but we were afraid people would just sing the song to her all the time. lol
pineapple / 12526 posts
@locavore_mama: I have to say. I LOVE your DDs name. It is so pretty. You thinking another Irish name for the next one?
grapefruit / 4862 posts
@loveisstrange: holy crap, I had no idea that that's what they were saying!
honeydew / 7295 posts
My husband loves Seamus and Hamish for boys but I'm not into them.
I like Fiona, Molly, Maddox, Liam, and Angus.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
@MrsMccarthy: my dog is named Angus 
Almost all my fave names are Irish... Nora, Fiona, Maeve, Declan, Patrick, Connor.
I love Saoirse and Caoimhe (pronounced Keeva) but I don't think I'd name a kid either of those in America, just because of the constant confusion it would cause.
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
Well Finn just has to be my favorite, of course!
I think Grainne (Grania) is cute.
GOLD / pomegranate / 3688 posts
Moira
Owen
Which is exactly what I hope my kids will be named. 
I've got a thing for Irish names.
bananas / 9118 posts
Son #1 was almost Connor. Son #2 was almost Seamus (but his middle name IS Liam!)
I have no idea about girl names though!
eggplant / 11408 posts
Maeve!! But I like the traditional spelling-Meadbh
I love Euan and Eamon, too.
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