Irish baby boy name suggestions please!

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Hi folks, due in a few weeks now with a little boy and having a full on panic about what to name our little one.
Both myself and husband are Irish and are keen to look toward an Irish name, but cannot for the life of us settle on anything!
Front runner seems to be Oisin but I'm not completely sold, so any suggestions welcome x

It's originally a boy's name, and I expect still used in Ireland as such. E.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Browne

Iarla or Éanna are my favourites! Love the name Oisín as well.

Is it originally a boys name? I'm not sure the Irish version of the name is, but it's found in other cultures too.

In Ireland it's not typically used as a name for boys, no.
I think the name of the person you linked was an exception rather than the rule.

The only Taras I have ever met were women.

Tara Ferry is male

Donnacha
Ferdia
Caelan
Connla
Ardal
Barra

Tara Ferry isn’t Irish. I’ve met a Sikh male Tara, but it’s not used for boys in Ireland.

I didn't say he was Irish. I said he was male.

I knew a guy called Seosamh and because he was so lovely, I always had a shine for that name.
I also love the old name Mogue. Very different!

I like Mogue too but have only heard it rarely, used as a nickname (for Hugh, mo Aodh óg).

Yes it is originally an Irish boy name. My ex BF from Ireland was called Tara. It may be unusual but it is an Irish boy name.

My sister was fluctuating between Oisin and Malachy for her boy - went for the latter. Other people I know - Eoin, Colm, Daragh, Cathal? Other Irish friends have tended to have more generic names like Neil, Brendan, Colin.

I love Oisin personally!

I wonder if I know the same one!

Fair enough, really very unusual though.
Then again I've met a male Saoirse too.

Tadhg
Ciarán
Dáithí
Ronan
Pádraig

It might be used for boys very occasionally in Ireland, but that doesn't make it 'originally' a boys' name, does it?

I don't think it's one of those names that was exclusively a male name originally, and then started being used more for girls. Or do you know something that suggests this @RogueFemale?

@DaffodilDora , it's from a place name, and was occasionally used as a boy's name. It's more 'a place name occasionally used for a boy'.

It was used as a place name in Gone With The Wind - names from which, like Melanie, Tara, Scarlett, ( & Leigh) moved into popular use.

The name Tara also occurs in Sanskrit or something but that's coincidence.

I do know, but it would be outing to tell you here. I can message you if you'd like to know?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Browne

Please do @RogueFemale.

@RogueFemale , you had already posted that link.

Yes, I know - to different posters who might not read through everything. Thanks for citing Tara Ferry as another (and more recent) example of a male Tara. It really is a boy name originally and continues to be.

Never met a male Tara in my nearly 50 years in Ireland. A few female ones though.

I love Oisín. If I had a boy, I would definitely go for Oisín .

I love Oisin and also Malachi