Irish Boy Names?

[kijip]

I think Patrick is a great Irish name for boys.

I am partial to Finn of course too.

[BelleoftheBallFlagstaff]

My name is Eilise pronounced A-lish
Eilás - (AY-lish or I-lish) "consecrated to God". Eilise, Eilish, Elizabeth.

VERY Irish name, but VERY rare!

It also depends on if they want a common or very unique name....

[misshollygolightly]

And don't forget about:
Shawn
Michael
Padraig (the old Irish spelling of Patrick)
Breandan (Irish spelling of Brandon; usually has a little accent mark on the last a, I think)
Brian (with the little accent mark I can't find on this keyboard; Irish pronunciation is "Bree-un")
Rory
Seamus

Some of these may be repeats--sorry! Part of my graduate school work is through an Irish studies institute, so I'm just mentally scrolling through some of my professors' first names :-)

I'll come back if I think of any more

[la mama]

We had the same issue with the last name and we chose Connor.

[neeleymartin]

My name is Eilise pronounced A-lish
Eilás - (AY-lish or I-lish) "consecrated to God". Eilise, Eilish, Elizabeth.

VERY Irish name, but VERY rare!

It also depends on if they want a common or very unique name....

very pretty name. gaining popularity. we have two in our school, a small k-2 with only 9 classes, and one that lives in our neighborhood. that's 3 that i know.

i LOVE irish names. you really can't go wrong. all the above mentioned are awesome.

we also like murphy, kennedy, taidhg, padraic,

[thomma]

I like Thomas.

Kim
ds&dd -6!

[BelleoftheBallFlagstaff]

very pretty name. gaining popularity. we have two in our school, a small k-2 with only 9 classes, and one that lives in our neighborhood. that's 3 that i know.

i LOVE irish names. you really can't go wrong. all the above mentioned are awesome.

we also like murphy, kennedy, taidhg, padraic,

Wow! I have only ever met one in the US. I met a few in Ireland, though.

[neeleymartin]

Wow! I have only ever met one in the US. I met a few in Ireland, though.

two of the girls are from irish from ireland families, we have a pocket of true irish here on cc. very lucky. GREAT people.

[Meatball Mommie]

My husband is Seamus and his brother is Rory My neices have Gaelic names with traditional spellings (Maeve & Siobhan, pronounced Sha-von) and in the family we have an Ailis (pronounced Aye-lish like pp mentioned), Kieran, Aiden, Padraig (Gaelic for Patrick), and lots of Johns, Pauls, Patricks and Michaels Our boys are James and Sean, so not so unusual.

The coolest "new" Irish name I've heard (from Irish relatives, so not sure if it's a really old name or a name that's just become popular) is Thaigh...not 100% sure how it's spelled but pronounced like Tie-g.

[neeleymartin]

The coolest "new" Irish name I've heard (from Irish relatives, so not sure if it's a really old name or a name that's just become popular) is Thaigh...not 100% sure how it's spelled but pronounced like Tie-g.

the spelling is the one that i showed, taidhg. there are probably variations in spelling, like many irish names. had a student several years ago. love the name, love the student.