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| Abraham |
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| Abram |
| Hebrew: ‘Exalted Father’. An old testament name which is still popular deriving form the churches policy oof requiring biblical names in place of ‘inappropriate’ ancient Celtic names. Famous name: Old Testament biblical character Abraham. |
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| Red Adair |
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| Adair |
| Better known in Ireland as a surname but occasionally used as a first name for girls as well as boys. Is thought to derive form the Irish pronounciation of the the Norman name Edgar. Famous name: legendary Oil well fire fighter ‘Red’ Adair. |
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| Adam Brody |
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| Adam |
| Hebrew: ‘Red Earth’. According to the Bible Adam was the first man without sin, placed in the Garden of Eden where he was instructed by God to name all the animals and given a wife he called Eve. He and Eve lived in the garden and walked with God until they were tempted by the serpent to break God’s rule that they never touch the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. With this well known biblical background the name is naturally widespread across the Christian world. Famous names: film actor Adam Brody and Scottish philospher and author of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith. |
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| Adam Smith |
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| Adam |
| Hebrew: ‘Red Earth’. According to the Bible Adam was the first man without sin, placed in the Garden of Eden where he was instructed by God to name all the animals and given a wife he called Eve. He and Eve lived in the garden and walked with God until they were tempted by the serpent to break God’s rule that they never touch the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. With this well known biblical background the name is naturally widespread across the Christian world. Famous names: film actor Adam Brody and Scottish philospher and author of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith. |
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| St. Adamnan |
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| Adamnan |
| The name of the biographer of St Columba, taken to mean ‘little Adam'. Gaelic name is pronounced ‘Yownan’. At one time expelled for having the scripture translated into Gaelic and for saying Mass in Gaelic. |
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| Adrian Belew |
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| Adrian |
| Latin: ‘One from Adria’. A name signifying someone form the Adriatic region which has found a continuing place in the British Isles since Roman times, having been brought form Rome in the wake of the Emperor Hadrian who built the famous wall dividing unconquered Scotland form civilised England. Famous names: Emperor Hadrian (76 AD-138 AD) and King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew. |
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| Emperor Hadrian |
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| Adrian |
| Latin: ‘One from Adria’. A name signifying someone form the Adriatic region which has found a continuing place in the British Isles since Roman times, having been brought form Rome in the wake of the Emperor Hadrian who built the famous wall dividing unconquered Scotland form civilised England. Famous names: Emperor Hadrian (76 AD-138 AD) and King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew. |
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| Aodh Ruadh - Gaelic Football team |
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| Aed |
| Gaelic: ‘Fire’. The Latin form is Aidus, best known in its diminutuve form Aidan. The later Gaelic spelling weas Aodh which was anglicised as Hugh or Hugo. The Scottish surname Mackay means ‘son of Aodh’. Famous names: English screen actor Hugh Grant and Aodh Ruadh Gaelic Football club. |
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| Hugh Grant |
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| Aed |
| Gaelic: ‘Fire’. The Latin form is Aidus, best known in its diminutuve form Aidan. The later Gaelic spelling weas Aodh which was anglicised as Hugh or Hugo. The Scottish surname Mackay means ‘son of Aodh’. Famous names: English screen actor Hugh Grant and Aodh Ruadh Gaelic Football club. |
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| Aodh Sean O'Ruaircart |
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| Aed |
| Gaelic: ‘Fire’. The Latin form is Aidus, best known in its diminutuve form Aidan. The later Gaelic spelling weas Aodh which was anglicised as Hugh or Hugo. The Scottish surname Mackay means ‘son of Aodh’. Famous names: English screen actor Hugh Grant and Aodh Ruadh Gaelic Football club. |
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| Aeneas flees burning Troy Federico Barocci 1598 |
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| Aeneas |
| Greek: ‘Praiseworthy’. Its use in Ireland is almost exclusively because of the name’s similarity to the Gaelic name Aonghas. The spelling Eneas is often found too. |
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| Aidan Quinn |
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| Aidan |
| Latin version of the Gaelic name Aodh. Its popularity derives from its use as a Latin version of the Gaelic name Aodh, but is also largely driven by its commemoration of St Aidan of Lindisfarne. Famous name: Aidan Quinn was raised in Chicago and in Dublin, Offaly and other places on Ireland. He has an older brother, Declan Quinn is a noted cinematographer. |
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| St. Aidna of Lindisfarne |
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| Aidan |
| Latin version of the Gaelic name Aodh. Its popularity derives from its use as a Latin version of the Gaelic name Aodh, but is also largely driven by its commemoration of St Aidan of Lindisfarne. Famous name: Aidan Quinn was raised in Chicago and in Dublin, Offaly and other places on Ireland. He has an older brother, Declan Quinn is a noted cinematographer. |
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| Ben Ainslie |
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| Ainslie |
| A Surname which derives from the English placename Annesley. Famous name: World Sailor of the Year 2002 Ben Ainslie. |
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| Alan Stivell |
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| Alan |
| Gaelic: ‘Rock’. Increasingly the most common spelling of the popular boys name which has spelling variations in English Allan and Allen. The Franch Alain is sometimes used also. The name is also very popular in the Celtic Breton culture in France. Famous names: throughout the world the name’s popularity is commemorated in the name of one of the world’s finest Scottish Malt whiskies The Macallan and Breton Celtic harpist and composer Alan Stivell. |
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| the Macallan |
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| Alan |
| Gaelic: ‘Rock’. Increasingly the most common spelling of the popular boys name which has spelling variations in English Allan and Allen. The Franch Alain is sometimes used also. The name is also very popular in the Celtic Breton culture in France. Famous names: throughout the world the name’s popularity is commemorated in the name of one of the world’s finest Scottish Malt whiskies The Macallan and Breton Celtic harpist and composer Alan Stivell. |
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| Albert Einstein |
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| Albert |
| Germanic ‘Noble Bright’. Came to the British Isles largely because of the marriage of Queen Victoria to German Prince Albert. Popularity largely confined to England though there are family traditions carried over into Ireland and Scotland. Diminutives are Bert and Al. Famous names: author of the theory of relativity Albert Einstein. |
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| Alexander the Great |
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| Alexander |
| Originally a Greek name variously described as either a ‘defender of men ‘ or ‘ one who wards off men’. A name which is more commonly found in Scotland because of its royal connections with the nation in the thirteenth century when Alexander II and III ruled for most of the century. Its Gaelic rendition Alasdair is consistently popular. Famous names: Alexander the Great and English newspaper cartoon character Alex. |
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| Strip Cartoon Character Alex |
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| Alexander |
| Originally a Greek name variously described as either a ‘defender of men ‘ or ‘ one who wards off men’. A name which is more commonly found in Scotland because of its royal connections with the nation in the thirteenth century when Alexander II and III ruled for most of the century. Its Gaelic rendition Alasdair is consistently popular. Famous names: Alexander the Great and English newspaper cartoon character Alex. |
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| Alma and John McCutcheon |
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| Alma |
| Latin ‘All Good’. From the Latin, as in alma mater, a title originally applied to classical goddesses but later became attached to academic institutions by nostalgic ex-students. Irish legend recalls the deeds of an unlikely sounding fellow by the name of Alma One-Tooth! Real person: Alma McCutcheaon of Jackson County Alabama. |
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| Alma |
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| Alma |
| Latin ‘All Good’. From the Latin, as in alma mater, a title originally applied to classical goddesses but later became attached to academic institutions by nostalgic ex-students. Irish legend recalls the deeds of an unlikely sounding fellow by the name of Alma One-Tooth! Real person: Alma McCutcheaon of Jackson County Alabama. |
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| St Aloysius |
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| Aloysius |
| Used to anglicise Gaelic name Lughaidh. Other Gaelic forms are Alaois, Alabhaois. After 16th Century fellow St Aloysius Gonzaga, who was better known to his chums as Luigi. The young Italian aristocrat, who went on to renounce his inheritance, join the Jesuits and following his death from plague was canonised in 1726 as the patron of young people and of plague victims. The name of Aloysius was introduced into Ireland following his canonization. Famous name: St Aloysius.
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| St Alphonsus de ligouri |
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| Alphonsus |
| Germanic: 'Of noble regard'. After Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787). Introduced into Ireland following his canonisation in 1839. Is sometimes used to anglicise Gaelic name Anion. Famous name: St Alphonsus. |
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| Tony MacAlpine |
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| Alpin |
| Celtic word ‘alp’ also means ‘rock ‘or ‘mountain’. The name of two Pictish kings which survives mainly in the surname form Mac Alpine. May be related to the Latin Albinus and the Alpine mountains in Europe may have been given their name form this source. In Irish history St Patrick is also referred to in Gaelic poems as Mac Alpine – son of Alpin. Famous names: Guitarist Tony Macalpine and legendary Scottish goalkeeper Hamish McAlpine. |
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| Hamish McAlpine |
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| Alpin |
| Celtic word ‘alp’ also means ‘rock ‘or ‘mountain’. The name of two Pictish kings which survives mainly in the surname form Mac Alpine. May be related to the Latin Albinus and the Alpine mountains in Europe may have been given their name form this source. In Irish history St Patrick is also referred to in Gaelic poems as Mac Alpine – son of Alpin. Famous names: Guitarist Tony Macalpine and legendary Scottish goalkeeper Hamish McAlpine. |
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| Amanda Bynes |
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| Amanda |
| From the Latin meaning 'worthy of love'. The name is thought to be a clever literary invention as its earliest written record is in a play called Love's Last Shift (1694). From the Latin meaning 'worthy of love'. Despite its false origins the name is now quite widespread in Ireland. Pet form Mandy is also growing in popularity. Famous name: American screen actress Amanda Bynes. |
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| St Ambrose refuses Emperor Theodisius access to his Milam church |
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| Ambrose |
| Greek: 'Immortal'. Taken from the name of a fourth century canonised bishop of Milan (c. 340-97). Also used to make an English version of the Gaelic native name, Anmchadh. Famous name: St Ambrose.. |
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| Anastacia |
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| Anastasia |
| Greek: 'Risen Once More'. Greek, 'Risen Once More'. Thought to have come to Ireland from England in the thirteenth century. Although it went though a long decline in the country it appears to be enjoying a revival largely thanks to the use of the name in the Disney film and the popular gravel voiced singer Anastacia. Pet form is Stasia and Gaelic Steise. |
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| Andre Agassi |
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| Andre |
| The French form of Andrew which crops up occasionally in Irish birth registers. One of the twelve Apostles Andrew is a popular name in Ireland today with pet forms Andy and Drew. The name probably came into Ireland after the Norman Invasion of 1169. Irish forms are Aindreas and Aindrias (showing a connection back to the original Greek Andreas), and Aindriu, related to the Norman French Andreu. Famous name: US tennis legend Andre Agassi. |
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| Andrea Corr |
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| Andrea |
| A feminine form of Andrew, steadily growing in popularity in Ireland. |
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| Andrew Carnegie |
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| Andrew |
| Greek: 'Manly'. One of the twelve Apostles Andrew is a popular name in Ireland today with pet forms Andy and Drew. The name probably came into Ireland after the Norman Invasion of 1169. Irish forms are Aindreas and Aindrias (showing a connection back to the original Greek Andreas), and Aindriu, related to the Norman French Andreu. Famous names: Scottish tennis star Andrew Murray and industrial magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. |
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| Andrew Murray |
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| Andrew |
| Greek: 'Manly'. One of the twelve Apostles Andrew is a popular name in Ireland today with pet forms Andy and Drew. The name probably came into Ireland after the Norman Invasion of 1169. Irish forms are Aindreas and Aindrias (showing a connection back to the original Greek Andreas), and Aindriu, related to the Norman French Andreu. Famous names: Scottish tennis star Andrew Murray and industrial magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. |
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| Aeneas |
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| Aneas |
| A form of Aeneas or Aengus. Along with Romulus, Aeneas, a son of the goddess Aphrodite and the mortal Anchises, is considered one of the founders of Rome. The story of the adventures of Aeneas from Troy to Rome is known from the Aeneid by Vergil. In Ireland the name is occasionally found recorded in registers such as a fellow Aneas McDonnell (1783-1858), a native of Westport, Co. Mayo. Famous name: founder of Rome Aeneas. |
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| Angela Lansbury |
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| Angela |
| Latin 'Angel'. From Greek: 'Angelos', 'Messenger'. Angela, feminine of angelus is quite a popular name in modern Ireland. Angie is used as a pet form. Name given to the mother in Frank McCourt’s iconic memoir Angela’s Ashes. Famous name: English screen actress Angela Lansbury. |
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| Angus MacFadyen |
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| Angus |
| The Scottish form of the Irish name Aengus which has transferred across into general use in Ireland also. Less popular, however is the peculiar Scots affectation of making a girls name out of a boys by sticking an 'ina' on the end thus giving us the charming Angusina. Famous name: Scottish screen actor Angus MacFadyen and Angus Young of rock band ACDC. |
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| Angus Young of Rock Band ACDC |
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| Angus |
| The Scottish form of the Irish name Aengus which has transferred across into general use in Ireland also. Less popular, however is the peculiar Scots affectation of making a girls name out of a boys by sticking an 'ina' on the end thus giving us the charming Angusina. Famous name: Scottish screen actor Angus MacFadyen and Angus Young of rock band ACDC. |
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| Anita Loos |
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| Anita |
| The Spanish diminutive of Anne which is used in Ireland. Famous name: legendary jazz vocalist Anita O’Day and Anita Loos, pioneering American screenwriter who wrote Gentleman Prefer Blondes. |
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| Anita O'Day |
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| Anita |
| The Spanish diminutive of Anne which is used in Ireland. Famous name: legendary jazz vocalist Anita O’Day and Anita Loos, pioneering American screenwriter who wrote Gentleman Prefer Blondes. |
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| Anna Friel |
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| Anna |
| A form of Anne found in many European languages, including Irish. It was also used to anglicise the native name Aine. Famous names: TV and screen actress Anna Friel and the Irish stage actress, Anna Manahan, are contemporary examples of this name. |
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| Anna Manahan |
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| Anna |
| A form of Anne found in many European languages, including Irish. It was also used to anglicise the native name Aine. Famous names: TV and screen actress Anna Friel and the Irish stage actress, Anna Manahan, are contemporary examples of this name. |
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| Annabel - country singer |
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| Annabel |
| Annabel, Annabella and Arabella are names of obscure origin associated with Scotland, probably introduced into Ireland in the twelfth century after the Norman Invasion. Famous name: country singer Annabel and English tennis star Annabel Croft. |
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| Annabel Croft |
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| Annabel |
| Annabel, Annabella and Arabella are names of obscure origin associated with Scotland, probably introduced into Ireland in the twelfth century after the Norman Invasion. Famous name: country singer Annabel and English tennis star Annabel Croft. |
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| Annabella |
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| Annabella |
| Annabel, Annabella and Arabella are names of obscure origin associated with Scotland, probably introduced into Ireland in the twelfth century after the Norman Invasion. The Irish name Anndbla is used to translate the name to Gaelic. Famous name: French Screen legend Annabella. |
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| Anne Lindsay |
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| Anne |
| Hebrew: 'He Has Favoured Me'. St Anne is the traditional name given to the mother of the Virgin Mary. The name came to Western Europe through Anna, great-granddaughter of a Byzantine emperor, who married Henry I, king of France. Still a very popular name in Ireland today. It has been used to some extent to anglicise the native name Aine. Nancy is a pet form. See also Anna and Annie. Famous name: Canadian musician Anne Lindsay. |
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| Film actress Annette Bening |
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| Annette |
| The French diminutive of Anne which has come to be established and a popular family name in Ireland. American actress Annette Bening. |
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| Annie O Donnell |
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| Annie |
| Originally this was a pet form of Anne but it is now used as a separate name. In Ireland it was employed to anglicise the native names Ethna, Eithne). Famous name: Irish historical writer Annie O Donnell. Real person: Annie O Donnell Philadelphia (1910-1979). |
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| Annie O Donnell |
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| Annie |
| Originally this was a pet form of Anne but it is now used as a separate name. In Ireland it was employed to anglicise the native names Ethna, Eithne). Famous name: Irish historical writer Annie O Donnell. Real person: Annie O Donnell Philadelphia (1910-1979). |
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| Anthony Bourdain |
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| Ant(h)ony |
| An ancient Roman sept name which has spawned various Irish forms such as Antaine, Antoine, Anntoin and Antoin. Anthony was also sometimes used to anglicise the Gaelic names Uaithne and Hewney. Diminutive form ‘Tony’. Its popularity remain strong through prominent figures such as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, crime author and famous names, such as chef Anthony Bourdain and Welsh screen actor Anthony Hopkins. |
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| Anthony Hopkins |
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| Ant(h)ony |
| An ancient Roman sept name which has spawned various Irish forms such as Antaine, Antoine, Anntoin and Antoin. Anthony was also sometimes used to anglicise the Gaelic names Uaithne and Hewney. Diminutive form ‘Tony’. Its popularity remain strong through prominent figures such as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, crime author and famous names, such as chef Anthony Bourdain and Welsh screen actor Anthony Hopkins. |
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| Aodh Quinliven |
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| Aodhh |
| Gaelic: 'Fire'. A name borne by six kings of Tara. A popular old Irish name often anglicised as Hugh. Conversely it was also Latinised as Aedus, Aidus - the Aidan name of a number of saints. Also the source of the surname MacAodha,which has spawned versions such as Magee or MacHugh in Ireland, and Mackay in Scotland. Aodh (or Hugh) O'Neill and Oadh Rua (Red Hugh) O'Donnell were two famous Irish rebels who led an insurrection in the reign of Elizabeth I. Other spelling variants include Ea and Y. Contemporary name painter and musician Aodh Sean O'Ruaircart and Irish politics academic Aodh Quinliven. |
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| Aodh Sean O Ruaircart |
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| Aodhh |
| Gaelic: 'Fire'. A name borne by six kings of Tara. A popular old Irish name often anglicised as Hugh. Conversely it was also Latinised as Aedus, Aidus - the Aidan name of a number of saints. Also the source of the surname MacAodha,which has spawned versions such as Magee or MacHugh in Ireland, and Mackay in Scotland. Aodh (or Hugh) O'Neill and Oadh Rua (Red Hugh) O'Donnell were two famous Irish rebels who led an insurrection in the reign of Elizabeth I. Other spelling variants include Ea and Y. Contemporary name painter and musician Aodh Sean O'Ruaircart and Irish politics academic Aodh Quinliven. |
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| Ardal O Hanlon |
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| Ardal |
| Gaelic: 'High Valour'. A fine old traditional historic name, which has fought a long battle down the years with its rival anglicised name Arnold. Also linked with Artega, Arthgallo. Famous name: Father Ted comedy actor Ardal O'Hanlon. |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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| Arnold |
| Germanic: 'Eagle Power'. A name used in Ireland to anglicise Ardal. Arnold is a given name deriving from the old German name meaning ‘the eagle rules’. A combinitaion of the German words arn (eagle) and walden (to rule). Introduced into Britain during the Norman Conquest and used for a number of English surnames. The name had largely disappeared from use by the 19th Century, but was then revived along with many other medieval Germanic names. Famous name: UIS golfing legend Arnold Palmer, Austrian bodybuilder turned American movie star and US politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
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| Arnold Palmer |
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| Arnold |
| Germanic: 'Eagle Power'. A name used in Ireland to anglicise Ardal. Arnold is a given name deriving from the old German name meaning ‘the eagle rules’. A combinitaion of the German words arn (eagle) and walden (to rule). Introduced into Britain during the Norman Conquest and used for a number of English surnames. The name had largely disappeared from use by the 19th Century, but was then revived along with many other medieval Germanic names. Famous name: UIS golfing legend Arnold Palmer, Austrian bodybuilder turned American movie star and US politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. |
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| Arthur Miller |
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| Art |
| Gaelic: 'Stone' or 'Bear'. Artaigh is a common diminutive, found also in Cornwall as Artie, but a little too reminiscent of the English Arthur. Though Art is a pet form of Arthur from Anglo Saxon culture the name exists in its own right in Celtic culture. Naturally its has been anglicised as Arthur such as in the case of Art McMurrough, a medieval king of Leinster, who stood his forces against King John, but was named Arthur by the historian Froissart. Art: a hollow in Cloan Mountain over Ballinascreen got its name of Lag Airt Uí Cheallaigh only in the middle of the [19th] century. On the other hand the Nationalist leader, Arthur Griffin (1872-1922), translated his English name into Irish as Art. Real names : Artaigh Ó Dubhthaigh of Goles, Co. Tyrone Art Mac Airt, of Dungiven, is still living. Famous name: American playwright Arthur Asher Miller 1915-2005, creator of 'The Crucible' and 'Death of A Salesman'. |
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| Ardal O Hanlon |
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| Artegal |
| Gaelic: 'High Valour'. A fine old traditional historic name, which has fought a long battle down the years with its rival anglicised name Arnold. Also linked with Artega, Arthgallo. Famous name: Father Ted comedy actor Ardal O'Hanlon. |
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| Ardal O Hanlon |
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| Arthgallo |
| A form of Ardal which recorded in Historia Regum Brittaniae (1139). Gaelic: 'High Valour'. A fine old traditional historic name, which has fought a long battle down the years with its rival anglicised name Arnold. Also linked with Artegal, Arthgallo. Famous name: Father Ted comedy actor Ardal O'Hanlon. |
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| Arthur Miller |
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| Arthur |
| Famously the name borne by the legendary king of the Britons. The first recording of the name in Irish legend there was Artur, son of Nemed, who may have been the earliest Irish Arthur. However its origins are confused, perhaps Celtic originally or even a Roman sept name. The first historical record of the name occurs in the writings of St Adamnan (c. 624-704), who mentions an Irishman bearing the name. The name is used in Ireland today. See also Atty. Arthur Griffin (1872-1922), translated his English name into Irish as Art. Famous name: American playwright Arthur Asher Miller 1915-2005, creator of 'The Crucible' and 'Death of A Salesman'. |
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| Aishling Agnew |
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| Ashling |
| Gaelic: 'Dream', 'Vision', 'Daydream'. A name associated with the regions of Derry and Omeath but now used throughout the Irish community. Has sometimes been anglicised as Esther, the true Irish form of which is Eistir. Spelling variations of the name used today are Ashling, Aislinn and Aisling. Isleen is a variant. Famous name: flautist Aishling Agnew. |
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| Molly Asthore Waltz |
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| Asthore |
| Gaelic: 'Loved One'. A popular traditional Irish song is ‘A Stoir Mo Chri’ Which translates into English as: ‘Beloved one of my heart’ Despite being a name of true Irish derivation it does not commonly appear in registers in Ireland itself. Famous name: waltz Molly Asthore. |
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| Attracta Lyndon |
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| Attracta |
| A name born by a Co.Sligo saint. Its popularity had been in decline until last century however it has shown signs that it is once again becoming fashionable. St Attracta’s well near Clogher was renowned for its water’s healing powers. Famous name: Attracta Lyndon, President of the Irish Business organization of New York. |
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| St. Attracta's Well near Clogher |
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| Attracta |
| A name born by a Co.Sligo saint. Its popularity had been in decline until last century however it has shown signs that it is once again becoming fashionable. St Attracta’s well near Clogher was renowned for its water’s healing powers. Famous name: Attracta Lyndon, President of the Irish Business organization of New York. |
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| Audrey Hepburn |
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| Audrey |
| Anglo-Saxon: 'Noble Strength'. Quite widespread throughout Ireland and fairly well established. An early name which seems to be undergoing a revival from the last century perhaps prompted by the glamorous association with the screen goddess Audrey Hepburn. |
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| The MacAuliffe family, Kanturk,Ireland the 1890s |
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| Auliffe |
| Gaelic:'Reminder of Ancestors’. The Irish form of Norse Olaf, was introduced originally by the Norsemen and became a replacement for the Irish name Amalgith. Anglicised as Humphrey. The Irish diarist Humphrey O'Sullivan, translated his first name as Amhlaoibh. Waterford which had a strong Norse settlement during its history has a church dedicated to St Olaf. Nowadays better known as a surname as in modern times. Real name: the MacAuliffe family, Kanturk, Ireland in the 1890s. |
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| Coat of arms of Aurnia of Carrigogunnel |
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| Aurnia |
| A variation of Aria, borne by Aurnia (died 1306), the daughter of Donal Og MacCarthy Mor, and wife of Turlogh More O'Brien. |
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| Austin Powers |
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| Austin |
| A form of Augustine which came to be used in England, and presumably spread from there to Ireland. A contemporary Irish example is the singer, Austin Gaffney. Famous name: international man of mystery Austin Powers. |
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| Avril Lavigne |
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| Avril |
| French: Avril, 'April'. A name of recent arrival in Ireland, coming from France. Has become increasingly popular in modern Ireland. Famous name: Canadian rock and film star Avril Lavigne. |
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| ST Adamnan |
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| Awnan |
| A form of Adamnan found at Skreen. The name of the biographer of St Columba, taken to mean ‘little Adam'. Gaelic name is pronounced ‘Yownan’ At one time expelled for having the scripture translated into Gaelic and for saying Mass in Gaelic. |
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| Ailis Ni Riain |
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| Aylce |
| Gaelic: 'Noble' . In the case of the native Irish name the meaning derives from the Irish ‘ail’ noble. However the name may also be a variant of Alice. Famous name: Irish composer, writer, performer and artist Ailis Ni Riain. |
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