Monday 21 January 2013

Irish Baby girl Names

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Irish Baby girl Names biography
Unusual and exotic sounding Irish girl names. These are the popular Irish names for girls including the Gaelic origins, meanings, and spellings. You can listen to the author Frank McCourt pronounce every girls name in vivid description. This is a great way to find out how to exactly pronounce female Irish names. Get the the correct pronunciation of each Irish girl names, research the meaning, and find out the origin of the female name for your baby girl.
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NAME PRONOUNCE ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Aednat “ey + nit” Enat, Ena
The feminine of the name Aidan meaning “little fire.
Aibhlinn, Aibhilin “ave + leen” Eveleen, Eveline, Evelyn
A name thought to have Norman roots that means “wished-for” or “longed-for chil
Aibreann, Aibrean “ab + rawn”
Aibreann is April in the Irish language.
Aideen “ay + deen”
Formed like Aidan from aed ”fire.” Aideen loved her husband Oscar, a grandson of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend), so much that when he fell in battle she died of a broken heart.
From an old Irish word meaning “white,” the 6th century St. Ailbe was associated with the monastery at Emly in County Tipperary. The local people requested that he bless a river that had no fish. St. Ailbe did and that very day the river was filled with an abundance of fish. The people built five churches in St. Ailbe’s honor at the best fishing spots along the river.
Ailbe may be used for a boy or a girl.
Ailis, Ailish Eilis, Eilish “ay + lish”
Irish version of the Norman Alice or Alicia from Elizabeth “God is my oath.”
Aine “awn + ye” Anya, Anna, Hannah
Ancient Irish name from the noun aine that means “splendor, radiance, brilliance.” Aine is connected with fruitfulness and prosperity. The queen of the Munster fairies was called Aine as was one of the wives of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). Aine appears in folktales as “the best-hearted woman who ever lived – lucky in love and in money.”
Adding a to leanbh, the word for “child” in Irish, brings a sense of warmth – “O child” or “darling child.”
A favored name in Ireland with all three spellings
aoibhinn ”pleasant, beautiful sheen, of radiant beauty.” Often interpreted as “little Eve.” One Aoibheann was the mother of St. Enda of Aran who died c. 530 AD.
Aoife “ee + fa” Eva, Ava
“beautiful, radiant, joyful.” Known as the greatest woman warrior in the world, Aoife was the mother of Cuchulainn’s (read the legend) only son, Connlach. Aoife Dearg (“Red Aoife”) was a daughter of a king of Connacht who had her marriage arranged by St. Patrick himself.
In 2003 Aoife was the third most popular Irish girls name for babies in Irelan
From aislinge which means “a vision” or “a dream,” Aisling is the name given to a popular poetic genre from the 17th and 18th centuries in which Ireland is personified as a beautiful woman in peril.
A very popular name in Ireland now.
A blend of bean ”woman, lady” and finn ”fair, white” originally described Viking women. Brian Boru‘s (read the legend) mother was called Beibhinn and he named his daughter for her. In legend, the golden-haired giantess Beibhinn sought sanctuary with Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend) so she would not have to marry the giant “Hugh The Splendi
blath means “flower, blossom.” In legend, Blaithnaid, the reluctant wife of Curai Mac Daire, loved Cuchulainn (read the legend), her husband’s rival. She revealed the secret entrance to her husband’s fortress to him by milking her cow and letting the milk run down the hill into a stream. Cuchulainn followed the stream, raided the fortress and rescued Blathn
From bran ”raven,” a way of saying “beauty with hair as dark as a rave
The name Brigid from brigh meaning “power, vigour, virtue” epitomizes the Irish genius for layering old and new. The main female deity of the Celts, Brigid made the land fruitful and animals multiply, she blessed poets and blacksmiths. Her namesake St. Brigid of Kildare carried her powers into the Christian era. The stories of Brigid”s compassion and miracles are told now as they have been for more than 1500 years in every part of Ireland. She is equal in esteem and shares a grave with St. Patrick and St. Columcille. Her feast day, February 1st, is the first day of Spring in the Celtic calender.
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