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In this article we give you a list of Irish male and female names for your dog, most of these are actual male or female human names. Some of these come from Irish mythology

We also supply a basic meaning to the names in the list, the male or female is a guideline.

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At the end we also supply other sources fro naming ideas based on Irish places

List

Name	Male or female	Meaning
ABBÁN	MALE	Means “little abbot”. Abbán moccu Corbmaic, also Eibbán or Moabba, is a saint in Irish tradition
ÁDHAMH	MALE	Irish version of Adam
AISLIN	FEMALE	variant of AISLING
AISLING	FEMALE	meaning “dream” or “vision” and referring to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th century in Irish language genre poetry
AISLINN	FEMALE	variant of AISLING
AOIFE	FEMALE	In Irish mythology, Aífe is the daughter of Airdgeimm, a warrior woman
AONGHUS	MALE	the Irish god of love and youth
BÉBINN	FEMALE	Bébhinn is a goddess associated with birth and the sister of the river-goddess, Boann. Bébinn is also described as being an underworld goddess in both Irish and Welsh mythology.
BIDDY	FEMALE	diminutive form of Bridget
BIDELIA	FEMALE	diminutive form of Bridget
BRAN	MALE	Means “raven” in Irish. A slight Game Of thrones theme and maybe a black colored dog as well
BRIDGET	FEMALE	Anglicized form of Brighid
BRIGHID	FEMALE	In Irish mythology, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
BROGAN	MALE/FEMALE	Partly Derived from Gaelic bróg “shoe”
BRÓNACH	FEMALE	Derived from Irish Gaelic brón meaning “sorrow”
CÁIT	FEMALE	Short form of CAITRÍONA
CAITLIN	FEMALE	Irish form of Cateline
CÁRTHACH	MALE	Means “loving” in Irish. Agreat name for a fun loving dog.
CIAN	MALE	In Irish mythology, Cían' , nicknamed Scal Balb, was the son of Dian Cecht, the physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and best known as the father of Lugh Lamhfada
CIAR	MALE	This means black – so if you have a black colored dog you are in business with this one
CIARA	FEMALE	Female version of CIAR
CILLIAN	MALE	The name Cillian was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois and Franconia and the author of the life of St Brigid
CINÁED	MALE	King of the Picts, aka Kenneth MacAlpin or Kenneth I of Scotland
CLEENA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of CLÍODHNA who was a goddess of love and beauty, and the patron of County Cork
COLM	MALE	Variant of COLUM.
CONALL	MALE	Means “strong wolf” in Irish. Conall Cernach was an Irish mythic warrior and Conall Collamrach was a legendary Irish king. There are also many other kings as well with this name
CONAN	MALE	Means “little wolf” or “little hound”
CONN	MALE	Means “head, chief”
DÁIRE	MALE	The meaning is both sexual (“fruitful, fertile, rutty”) and tumultuous (“violent”)
DARA	MALE	Anglicized form of DÁIRE
DESMOND	MALE	derived from the Irish place-name Desmond, an anglicization of Gaelic Deas-Mhumhna “South Munster”
DOMNALL	MALE	Gaelic form of DONALD
DONNCHA	MALE	Irish variant of Donnchadh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of DUNCAN
DONOVAN	MALE	derived from Ó Donndubháin which means “descendant of DONNDUBHÁN”
DORAN	MALE	means “exile, wanderer” in Gaelic.
DOUGAL	MALE	Anglicized version of dubhgall which means “dark stranger” from dubh “dark” and gall “stranger”
DOYLE	MALE	derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning “descendant of Dubhghall”
DRISCOLL	MALE	Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning “descendant of the messenger”.
EDAN	MALE	A variant of AIDAN
EILÍS	FEMALE	Irish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH
EILISH	FEMALE	Anglicized form of EILÍS
EIREEN	FEMALE	Irish form of IRENE.
EITHNE	FEMALE	Means “kernel, grain” in Irish
EMER	FEMALE	the wife of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology
ENYA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of EITHNE
EOIN	MALE	Gaelic form of JOHN
FEARCHAR	MALE	Means “dear man” from the Gaelic fear “which is man” and char “which is dear”.
FEARGHAL	MALE	Means “man of valour”, this is derived from the Irish words of fear “man” and gal “valour”.
FIACHNA	MALE	Derived from Irish fiach meaning “raven”
FIANNA	FEMALE	From Irish fiann which means “band of warriors”
FINNEGAN	MALE	an Anglicized form of Ó Fionnagáin meaning “descendant of Fionnagán”
FIONNBHARR	MALE	Means “fair hair”, derived from Irish fionn “white, fair” and barr “head”. A good option for a light colored dog.
FLANN	MALE	Means “red” in Irish Gaelic
GOBNAIT	FEMALE	the name of a medieval, female Irish saint whose church was Móin Mór, later Bairnech, in the village of Ballyvourney
GRADY	MALE	Derived from Ó Grádaigh. The name Grádaigh means “noble” in Gaelic
KEENAN	MALE	Anglicized form of CIANÁN
KEEVA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of CAOIMHE.
KENNEDY	MALE/FEMALE	an Anglicized form of Ó Cinnéidigh meaning “descendant of CENNÉTIG”. Famous US president JFK as an example
KIERA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of CIARA. As in Kiera Knightley
LACHTNA	MALE	Means “milk-coloured” in Irish Gaelic. A white dog perhaps
LÉAN	FEMALE	Irish form of HELEN
LÍADAN	FEMALE	Means “grey lady” in Irish Gaelic. So ideal for a grey colored dog then.
LOMMÁN	MALE	Means “little bare one”
LONÁN	MALE	Means “little blackbird”
LORCÁN	MALE	Means “little fierce one”
MAEVE	FEMALE	In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht
MÁIRE	FEMALE	Irish form of MARY.
MÁIRÍN	FEMALE	Irish form of MARY.
MÁIRTÍN	MALE	Irish form of MARTIN.
MANUS	MALE	Irish form of MAGNUS
MOIRA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of MÁIRE
MÓR	FEMALE	Means “great” in Irish
MUIREDACH	MALE	Means “lord” in Irish
MUIRGEL	FEMALE	derived from Gaelic muir “sea” and geal “bright”.
MURPHY	MALE/FEMALE	derived from Ó Murchadha meaning “descendant of MURCHADH”
NAINSÍ	FEMALE	Irish form of NANCY
NAOMH	FEMALE	Means “holy” in Irish Gaelic
NEVE	FEMALE	Anglicized form of NIAMH
NIAMH	FEMALE	Means “bright” in Irish. In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth
NOLAN	MALE	derived from Ó Nualláin meaning “descendant of NUALLÁN”
NORA	FEMALE	Short for HONORA or ELEANOR
OISÍN	MALE	The greatest poet of Ireland and a warrior .He is the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and of Sadhbh
PADDY	MALE	Irish diminutive of PATRICK
PÁDRAIG	MALE	Irish form of PATRICK. As in Padraig Harrington the golfer
PEADAR	MALE	Irish form of PETER
PIARAS	MALE	Irish form of PIERS
PILIB	MALE	Irish form of PHILIP
REAGAN	MALE/FEMALE	an Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin meaning “descendant of RIAGÁN”. As in Ronald Reagan who was a US president.
RONAN	MALE	Anglicized form of RÓNÁN. As in Ronan Keating the singer
ROWAN	MALE/FEMALE	an Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin meaning “descendant of RUADHÁN” . Could also be a reference to the tree of teh same name.
SAOIRSE	FEMALE	Means “freedom” in Irish Gaelic
SARAID	FEMALE	Means “excellent” in Irish Gaelic.
SÉAMUS	MALE	Irish form of JAMES
SEÁN	MALE	Irish form of JOHN
SHANE	MALE	Anglicized form of SEÁN. Various references to pop stars here
SINÉAD	FEMALE	Irish form of JEANNETTE. The musician Sinead O'Connor being an example
SLÁINE	MALE/FEMALE	Means “health” in Irish
SORCHA	FEMALE	Means “radiant” in Gaelic.
TADHG	MALE	The name means “poet” or “philosopher”. This was also the name of many Gaelic Irish kings from the 10th to the 16th centuries, particularly in Connacht and Munster
TEAGUE	MALE	Anglicized form of TADHG
TORIN	MALE	Means “chief” in Irish Gaelic
TREASACH	MALE	Means “warlike” or “fighter” in Irish
UAITHNE	MALE	Means “green” in Irish Gaelic.