Gaelic girl names

[twojo21]

meckenzie is gaelic, daughter of the wise leader

 

[kelleigh1]

What is the pronunciation of Siobhan? I know I've seen and heard it before, but for some reason, it's not coming to me.

 

[Fionasmommy]

What is the pronunciation of Siobhan? I know I've seen and heard it before, but for some reason, it's not coming to me.

Sha-von

 

[Fionasmommy]

Fiona is a great Irish name. Fionnuala (Fin-noola) is too, or just Nuala.

Other names we considered for DD:

Eabha (A-va)
Grainne (Grawn-ya)
Roisin (Ro-sheen)
Aisling (Ash-leen)
Maeve, or the proper spelling of it, Meabh
Niamh (Nee-ve)
Mairead (Ma-rade)

There's lots of lovely Irish Gaelic names, but we ended up choosing Fiona because it's a family name but an older one so we wouldn't offend anyone now (I have nieces called Mairead, Roisin, Grainne and Meabh and didn't one to pick one's name over the other because we love them all!) and it's easy to spell and pronounce without knowing Gaelic.

 

[mommyintn]

We ended up having 2 boys but our girl name was always "Moira", love that one!

 

[wheeler1]

I named my now 9 year old daughter Sheridan. She loves it, I get alot of comments on how pretty her name is.

 

[Cool-Beans]

There's the increasingly popular Siobhan ("Shivon"), but I love-love-love Brenna. Always did.

 

[Briarmom]

meckenzie is gaelic, daughter of the wise leader

MacKenzie means 'son of Coinneach.'

Make sure your cousin does her research on what names mean and how to pronounce them.

http://behindthename.com/
This is the site I use for name research. Most others just tell you what you want to hear. This one actually has accurate info.

 

[cinmell]

We have quite a few little girls named Fiona around here.

 

[jen0610]

We have a Delaney. Celtic/Gaelic.

 

[siouxi31]

I always thought Ailish (not sure if I spelled that right) was a cute Gaelic name. It might be spelled Eilish?

 

[inthemood]

My daughter-- Taryn or (Tarron)

Kyra
Marra

 

[cinmell]

I just thought of Marin. There is a little girl in my daugther's class named Marin and I have never heard of the name prior to meeting this little girl.

 

[phillybeth]

meckenzie is gaelic, daughter of the wise leader

I thought the prefix Mac and Mc meant son of?

 

[Briarmom]

I thought the prefix Mac and Mc meant son of?

It does. Just like any name ending in 'son'.

 

[liamandcaili]

I just found a list of Gaelic names I wrote down from a Gaelic baby name book when I was pregnant with DD. I didn't write down the pronunciation, unfortunately, but I did write down the meanings. Like someone else posted, you should check the meanings of the Irish names. We found that many of the names for girls meant something negative. Some of these may be Welsh, but I think most are Irish.

Arianell -- silver
Arianwyn -- silver, shining
Briallen -- primrose
Ceridwyn -- song or beloved
Cliodhna -- beautiful, guardian spirit
Dairine -- legendary princess of Tara
Ealisaid -- form of Elizabeth
Eithne -- mother of god Lugh
Gwyneira -- happiness, bliss, shining girl
Kanna -- an early saint
Kerenza -- love, affection
Melle -- lightning, an old Irish saint
Rhiannon -- divine queen
Saorla -- noble, queen
Triona -- Irish diminuative of Catherine
Tristana -- feminine form of Tristan

 

[MosMom]

I've got a Moira

 

[ILUVMYBRIT]

Siobhan my favorite.

 

[MEG&MINNIE]

My favorites: Maura, Meghan, Hannah, Eileen, Kathleen ,Colleen and my latest favorite...Maeve. My cousins in Ireland have named their children true Gaelic names ...like Triona, Liadhan and Dairine ,but over here in the good ole USA...I feel that they would really be too hard to pronounce and spell!

 

[Planogirl]

I've got a Moira

I was about to post that name. I think it's lovely.

I also like Shawna, Ciara, Caitrin and Caitlin. (Lots of 'c' names!) I love Gaelic names. These are of course anglicized but the true names are really weird as Meg&Minnie said.