Name ideas
Stuck for a starting point? Browse by theme. Every list links to the full story and popularity of each name.
Names from Irish legend
Heroes of the Fianna, queens of Tír na nÓg and the gods of the Tuatha Dé Danann: names with a story attached.
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Saints' names
Names carried by Ireland's saints and scholars, many of them in use for well over a thousand years.
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Names from nature
Names that mean a tree, a flower, an animal or the sea.
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Short and sweet
One syllable or just a few letters: names that are easy to say and hard to shorten.
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Irish classics
Names that have stayed near the top of the Irish charts for decades.
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Names for girls and boys
Names the CSO has recorded for both girls and boys in Ireland over the last ten years, with each sex making up at least a fifth of the total.
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Rising stars
The names that have climbed furthest up the Irish charts over the last five years, among names now given to at least 40 babies a year.
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Vintage revivals
Names that were popular a generation or two ago, fell away, and are climbing back.
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Brand-new names
Names that never reached the CSO list before 2010 and are now given to dozens of babies a year.
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Less common Irish names
Irish-language names given to between 3 and 30 babies in 2025: familiar enough to spell, rare enough to stand out.
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