Outside of Ireland, though, this Gaelic spelling would prove difficult. Confusingly for English speakers, this name beginning with E is pronounced as Ava, while the A-beginning Aoibhe is like Eva. Eabha Continued Eoghan Origin: Irish Gaelic Meaning: "born of the yew tree" Description: ...
A variant spelling is Teaghan. Teagan Continued Tadhg Origin: Irish Meaning: "poet" Description: The name of several ancient kings and princes of Ireland, Tadhg became so common at one point that it was used to represent a kind of Irish Gaelic everyman, or man in the street, as Paddy...
Alternative Spellings & Variations: Monah, Monna, Monca, Monya, Monica Muriel Origin: Irish, Gaelic, Celtic, Latin Meaning:Of the bright sea Alternative Spellings & Variations: Murial, Mureal, Muireal, Muriol, Merial, Muirgheal, Meryl Niamh Origin: Irish, Gaelic Pronunciation: NEEV Meaning:Ra...
which was historically named the Kingdom of Desmond. 37.Eoghan.Don’t let the spelling trick you; this moniker is pronounced O-əwn and is a variant of the well-known name Owen. It has the beautiful meaning “born of the yew tree...
After the Cromwellian invasion of the 16th century, many people in Ireland dropped the prefixes as it became extremely difficult to find work if you had an Irish sounding name under British rule. Dropping the prefix and altering the spelling to a more intuitive English language spelling is how...
This name means “wise river.” The Irish form is Sionainn and it has many spelling variations, but it comes from ‘sion’ (wise) and ‘abhainn’ (river). 23. Sinead (shin-ade) This is the Irish form of the name “Jane” or “Jeannette,” and means “God is gracious.” ...
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John O'Grady, Bishop of Tuam, which was dated 1364, in the 'Ecclesiastical Records of County Galway', during the reign of King Edward 111, known as 'The Father of the Navy', 1327 - 1377. ...
Means ‘keeper of riches’. Eamon De Valera was Ireland’s first Taoiseach (prime minister) and was later President of Ireland. A variant spelling is Iamonn, which is pronounced Yamon. Éibhear Heber, Ivor |Say:ee-vurr In Irish mythology Míl was one of the Spanish antecedents of the ...
The Irish word deargadaol was originally known as a darbdael or darb-dóel. In the former spelling, it occurs as early as the Book of Ballymote of 1391. The deargadaol is not red and is not a vampire, though it is an unlucky and cursed creature. In fact, it is a black beetle....
cute Irish boy name that means “handsome.” It is used as a form of the surname Cullen and was made famous by the Cullen family of New Zealand. It was also used as a given name by film director John M. MacKenzie, who said he chose the name because he liked its unusual spelling. ...