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Strong Irish boy names?

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Ginganinja123 · 29/09/2024 09:21

Love Tadhg and Ciarán but feel like it’s just not clicking the way my first baby’s name did. Any suggestions for really strong Irish boy names?

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mumbruh · 18/02/2025 07:05

Collins
Daragh
Oisin
Lorcan

user1492757084 · 18/02/2025 05:31

My favourite Irish relatives names are ..
Jane
Catherine
Mary
Eadaoin
Aileen

PiggieWig · 18/02/2025 02:07

Eabha is beautiful.

I also love Aine for a little girl. Congrats OP!

Pallisers · 18/02/2025 01:44

Also Sorcha

Travellingwithacarpetbag · 18/02/2025 00:57

Sadhbh is lovely.

Apileofballyhoo · 18/02/2025 00:55

Niamh

Pallisers · 18/02/2025 00:36

Ginganinja123 · 17/02/2025 22:14

Thank you for all the suggestions. My own wee boys name is on here ❤️ but we found out we are having a girl this time so we’re onto strong girl Irish names 😂

For girls names:

Liadan (no fadas anywhere)

Ademar

IntheVicinity · 18/02/2025 00:17

KnickerlessParsons · 17/02/2025 23:39

My favourite Irish boy's name is Jarlath

DS was nearly Iarla.

Strokethefurrywall · 17/02/2025 23:48

Saoirse please!! Love love love this name, was on my list for baby #2 but had a boy!

KnickerlessParsons · 17/02/2025 23:39

My favourite Irish boy's name is Jarlath

Notgivenuphope · 17/02/2025 23:10

Ginganinja123 · 29/09/2024 09:39

Love Tomás. Just don’t like the nickname Mossy

So don't allow it. Nobody needs a silly nickname and you get to choose what he is called at least until he is much older by which time he will have got used to Tomas (which is fab)

loropianalover · 17/02/2025 23:09

Senan for a boy!

Eabha is beautiful for a girl, and I also love Clodagh and Sorcha.

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Ginganinja123 · 17/02/2025 23:07

We’ve a few lined up:

Dáire (I know this can obviously be male or female but I love it for a girl)
Fiadhnait
Éabha
Clodagh

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IntheVicinity · 17/02/2025 22:44

Travellingwithacarpetbag · 17/02/2025 20:39

This is an old thread anyway, but the above is clearly from one of the baby name sites and they are anything but reliable unfortunately.

The names above don’t all have ‘warrior’ as part of the meaning. In fact most of them don’t, though Donnacha might (that’s one interpretation of the meaning) and Duncan is an anglicisation of Donnacha. Doran, Clancy and Flannery are surnames. I’ve never come across them used as first names anyway.

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Exactly. Those baby names websites just make stuff up. The Irish claims are particularly mad.

Copperoliverbear · 17/02/2025 22:43

Saoirse, Aoife, maeve, Niamh, roisin, Caoimhe,

Scrabbelator · 17/02/2025 22:28

Congratulations op!

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Ginganinja123 · 17/02/2025 22:14

Thank you for all the suggestions. My own wee boys name is on here ❤️ but we found out we are having a girl this time so we’re onto strong girl Irish names 😂

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Scrabbelator · 17/02/2025 20:51

Brendan
Darragh
Rian (ree-an) Love this one - it means "little king"

Travellingwithacarpetbag · 17/02/2025 20:39

WellsAndThistles · 17/02/2025 20:18

  • Caelin: Meaning “powerful warrior”.
  • Clancy: Meaning “son of the red warrior”.
  • Conan: Meaning “wolf” or “warrior”.
  • Donnacha: Meaning “brown-haired warrior”.
  • Doran: Meaning “warrior”.
  • Duncan: Meaning “brown warrior”.
  • Flannery: Meaning “descendant of the red warrior”.

This is an old thread anyway, but the above is clearly from one of the baby name sites and they are anything but reliable unfortunately.

The names above don’t all have ‘warrior’ as part of the meaning. In fact most of them don’t, though Donnacha might (that’s one interpretation of the meaning) and Duncan is an anglicisation of Donnacha. Doran, Clancy and Flannery are surnames. I’ve never come across them used as first names anyway.

HundredPercentUnsure · 17/02/2025 20:27

Strokethefurrywall · 17/02/2025 19:50

I really love Oisin (with the fada but my phone won't do it)

Came to suggest this too!

SingingSands · 17/02/2025 20:27

Jim

WellsAndThistles · 17/02/2025 20:18
  • Caelin: Meaning “powerful warrior”.
  • Clancy: Meaning “son of the red warrior”.
  • Conan: Meaning “wolf” or “warrior”.
  • Donnacha: Meaning “brown-haired warrior”.
  • Doran: Meaning “warrior”.
  • Duncan: Meaning “brown warrior”.
  • Flannery: Meaning “descendant of the red warrior”.
LegallyBlende · 17/02/2025 20:16

Dáithí

Pallisers · 17/02/2025 20:16

Nessan
Jarlath
Garvan
Fintan

schnubbins · 17/02/2025 20:03

I love
Donagh
Fergus
Ronan

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