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.
- Éada
Girl · AY-da
A short Irish girls' name that first appeared in 2019 and had its best year in 2025.
30 babies in 2025 - Séamie
Boy · SHAY-mee
A friendly pet form of Séamus, registered as a name in its own right since 2012.
30 babies in 2025 - Faolán
Boy · FAY-lawn
An old Irish name meaning "little wolf", rising steadily in the 2020s.
29 babies in 2025 - Ríona
Girl · REE-na
An Irish name usually linked with ríon, the Irish word for a queen.
29 babies in 2025 - Seánie
Boy · SHAW-nee
A pet form of Seán, long heard on hurling fields and now registered as a name in itself.
29 babies in 2025 - Fódhla
Girl · FOH-la
A goddess of the land in Irish myth, and an old poetic name for Ireland.
28 babies in 2025 - Gráinne
Girl · GRAWN-ya
The princess who ran off with Diarmuid, and the Irish name of the pirate queen Grace O'Malley.
28 babies in 2025 - Caoimhín
Boy · KEE-veen
The Irish original of Kevin, the name of the saint of Glendalough, and at its best in 2025.
26 babies in 2025 - Micheál
Boy · MEE-hawl
The Irish form of Michael, the archangel's name, and climbing in Northern Ireland.
26 babies in 2025 - Tiarnán
Boy · TEER-nawn
"Little lord", from the Irish tiarna, and a name far more common in Northern Ireland.
23 babies in 2025 - Ógie
Boy · OH-gee
A brand new Irish boys' name, first recorded in 2022 and climbing fast.
22 babies in 2025 - Úna
Girl · OO-na
An old Irish name famous in legend, and the root of Oona and Oonagh.
22 babies in 2025 - Éadaoin
Girl · AY-deen
The modern Irish form of Étaín, the heroine of one of Ireland's oldest love stories.
21 babies in 2025 - Aodhán
Boy · AY-dawn
"Little fire": the Irish original of Aidan, after the saint of Lindisfarne.
19 babies in 2025 - Aoibhí
Girl · EE-vee
A new Irish girls' name, related to Aoibhe and first given in numbers in 2020.
19 babies in 2025 - Cáit
Girl · KAWCH
The Irish equivalent of Kate, short and simple, at its peak in Ireland in 2025.
19 babies in 2025 - Gearóid
Boy · ga-ROHD
The Irish form of Gerard, brought by the Normans and given in Ireland ever since.
19 babies in 2025 - Éirinn
Girl · AY-rin
An Irish form of the word for Ireland, more popular in the North than the South.
17 babies in 2025 - Seán Óg
Boy · shawn-OHG
"Young Seán", the Irish way of naming a son after a father called Seán.
17 babies in 2025 - Béibhinn
Girl · BAY-vin
"Melodious woman": an old Irish name borne by Brian Boru's mother and a goddess of myth.
15 babies in 2025 - Bláthnaid
Girl · BLAW-nid
"Little flower", from the Irish bláth, and the name of a heroine of the Ulster Cycle.
15 babies in 2025 - Clíodhna
Girl · KLEE-uh-na
The fairy queen of south Munster, remembered in Clíodhna's Wave at Glandore.
15 babies in 2025 - Fionnán
Boy · FIN-awn
An old Irish name shared by several early saints, written in English as Finnian or Finan.
15 babies in 2025 - Seoidín
Girl · sho-DEEN
An Irish name meaning "little jewel", from seoid (jewel).
15 babies in 2025 - Sé
Boy · SHAY
A very short Irish boys' name, given in Ireland since 2007 and rising.
13 babies in 2025 - Eibhlín
Girl · eye-LEEN
The Irish form behind Eileen, carried by the poet Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill.
11 babies in 2025 - Éire
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Réaltín
Girl · RAIL-teen
Irish for "little star", a modern girls' name given since 2000.
11 babies in 2025 - Réidín
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Séadna
Boy
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Sibéal
Girl
11 babies in 2025
11 babies in 2025 - Bríd
Girl · BREED
The Irish form of Brigid, the name of Ireland's best-known woman saint and of an older goddess.
10 babies in 2025 - Éadha
Girl
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Fáelán
Boy
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Mairéad
Girl · ma-RAYD
The Irish form of Margaret, at its height in Ireland in the 1970s and early 1980s.
10 babies in 2025 - Nainsí
Girl
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Réiltín
Girl
10 babies in 2025
10 babies in 2025 - Siobhán
Girl · shiv-AWN
The Irish form of Joan, brought by the Normans and at its height in early 1970s Ireland.
10 babies in 2025 - Croí
Boy · KREE
The Irish word for heart, used as a boys' name only in the last decade or so.
9 babies in 2025 - Féilim
Boy · FAY-lim
A short form of the old Irish Feidhlimidh, carried by kings of Munster and Connacht.
9 babies in 2025 - Íde
Girl · EE-da
The name of Saint Íde of Killeedy, the "foster mother of the saints of Ireland".
9 babies in 2025 - Peigí
Girl
9 babies in 2025
9 babies in 2025 - Clíona
Girl
8 babies in 2025
8 babies in 2025 - Ruán
Boy · ROO-awn
A short form of Ruadhán, "little red one", the saint who cursed Tara.
8 babies in 2025 - Éile
Girl
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Éireann
Girl
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Rí
Boy
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Ruaidhrí
Boy
7 babies in 2025
7 babies in 2025 - Ériu
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - José
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Líle
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Maitiú
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Neansaí
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Nóinín
Girl
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Pádraic
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Séadhna
Boy
6 babies in 2025
6 babies in 2025 - Bóinn
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Ciarán Óg
Boy
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Liam Óg
Boy
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Mollaí
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Óigí
Boy
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Réalta
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Síle
Girl
5 babies in 2025
5 babies in 2025 - Aibhilín
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Céala
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Cóilí
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Éadhla
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Esmée
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Fionán
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Máire
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Páidí Óg
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Renée
Girl
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Riagán
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Sinéad
Girl · shin-AID
The Irish form of Janet, and the second most popular girls' name in Ireland in the mid-1970s.
4 babies in 2025 - Sonaí
Boy
4 babies in 2025
4 babies in 2025 - Aodán
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Brídín
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Cóil
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Daimhín
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Danú
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Eilís
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Isibéal
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Líadan
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Méabha
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Páidín
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Rían Óg
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Ríoghán
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Ríoghnach
Girl
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025 - Seanán
Boy
3 babies in 2025
3 babies in 2025
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