Irish girls' names in England and Wales 2021

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Here are the top twenty Irish names given to girls in 2020 in the UK:
Erin 884
Orla 794
Maeve 654
Nora 406
Niamh 362
Alba 352
Cora 349
Connie 338
Paige 252
Maeva 226
Kiara 213
Quinn 210
Tallulah 194
Norah 176
Neve 172
Anya 171
Keira 147
Peggy 125
Cara 123
Lia 118
Kyra 110
Margo 103

[Title edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

Quite a few of those I wouldn't consider to be Irish: Nora, Cora, Paige, Peggy etc

Concepta is a Latin name.

It's a very Catholic name, but Irish and Catholic are not synonymous.

Same goes for Assumpta, Immaculata, Consuela...

@mikado1 that's shockingly bad for a school book but I believe it. In primary school, our master was disgusted with the stupid stories in our Irish books (snails called Pól talking about the weather) so we rarely used them. lHe taught us with older books and told us mythology stories. It was the 80s so teachers could get away with ignoring the curriculum.

16 out of her 22 names are not Irish. I'm not sure where the OP got her understanding of Irish heritage from.

Aine is not only pronounced “Awn-ya” in southern dialects… that is simply how the name is universally pronounced here…

Exactly. I doubt very much the OP lives in Ireland. Maybe she has some Irish heritage going back a couple of generations.

Example of “Áine” said in a southern accent, like "Onya":

At 3:19 the presenter says: “Agus inniubh táimid ag dul go teach Áine Ní Ghlinn…” (And today we are going to Áine Ní Ghlinn’s house...”

Example of “Áine” said in an Ulster accent, like "Anya"

At 0:14 forward the presenter says: “Bean íontach linn inniú dárn láthair. So inniú táimid ag caint le hÁine Ní Bhreisleáin, bean de Gaoth Dobhair i dTír Conaill… (A wonderful woman with us today, in our presence. So today we are talking to Áine Ní Bhreisleáin, a woman from Gweedore in Donegal.”)

Example of “Áine” said by a Dubliner called Áine, like "Aynya"

At 1:33 she herself says: “Is mise Áine...Ní Ghallchóir… Gallagher… Is as Báile Átha Cliath mé…” (I am Áine..Ní Ghallchóir… Gallagher…I’m from Dublin..”)

No it isn't. Irish people use "Niamh". 🤷‍♀️