Celtic Names

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

So, although I live in New York, I am of Irish decent. I have always thought that I would like use a Irish name for my child/children.
Anyway...I found a site online that has a lot of Irish names. These are the ones I liked. A lot of them I don't really consiter that Irish..bc they are very common in America. But I like them anyway

Boys:
Adam
Aiden
Ben
Brayden
Brody
Colin
Daniel*
David
Ethan
Liam
Luke
Matthew
Nathan
Rian
Rory
Sean
Seamus
Tighe

Girls:
Alana
Bree
Cassidy
Carey
Fiona
Kiara
Mollie
Shea
Teagan



Daniel would be as a middle name since I have a grandpa, uncle and cousin all with it as a first name

Comments

[kissxmexsweet.livejournal.com]

I like Irish names as well. Faves here are Adam, Ethan, Liam, Rian, Seamus (<3), and Kiara. Mollie is cute but a little old fashioned for me, but I have trouble with girl's names anyways, they're hard for me.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Daniel was Irish ;)
& I love Adam and Liam =)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

well I'm pretty sure Daniel is a Hebrew name but probably used a lot in Ireland i guess.

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

yeah me either lol. it was on an irish name website though so ill go with it haha

and my grandpa is very irish so it makes sense and it is his name

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I love Celtic names!
Outof your list I Ben, Brayden, Liam, Nathan, Rory, Sean

And for girls - Alana, Kiara, Teagan

[mmmrorschach.livejournal.com]

Seamus FTW.
Tighe FTL.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

some of those names are Hebrew. They may be commonly used by Irish people but they are Hebrew.
ex: Adam, Daniel, David, Ben, Nathan, Alana
But I like them and I don't think the origin matters :)
My favourite of your names are
Liam
Luke
Alana

[euphrosyna]

Alanna (with two 'n's) is also the Irish word for "darling", so it does have an origin there too. But it was originally pronounced "Al-anna" rather than "A-LAH-na".

[euphrosyna]

I would have said Shea was a boy's name - I teach a little boy named Shea.

Also, Kiara would usually be spelled Ciara in Ireland, as there is no K in the Irish language. I think it looks prettier that way. :) Quite a few of the girls' names you have aren't that popular in Ireland, they're often seen as Irish-American names - they're Anglicised/Americanised versions of the Irish. They're still very pretty though. But anyway, I'm Irish (born here, raised here, live here!) so if you want any more ideas (or names in Irish-Gaelic), I'd be happy to help!

[tulips-and-lace.livejournal.com]

Ciara, to me, sounds completely different that Kiara, and reminds me of that singer (? maybe? haha I don't like that type of music so not positive).

And...I'm wicked jealous k.
Ireland is in my top 5 of places I NEED to go like soon.
Seriously.

[euphrosyna]

You should come here. It's great. But check the weather first, it's been raining for about 3 weeks solid. :(

In Irish, C is always pronounced with a hard C-sound, like K. For the soft C-sound, we'd use S. So Ciara is pronounced "Kee-ra". I think there is a singer Ciara which is pronounced "See-ah-ra", though, so maybe for the US, Kiara will save trouble!

[turn-it-upp.livejournal.com]

i really like alana, fiona, teagan, and mollie.
i like the boy's names but most of them are just too common for me, sorry.

[crazy-surf.livejournal.com]

tighe is one of my absolute favorite names, it hadnt been mentioned on the community until recently, but i love it. i also love celtic names, as it is a part of my heritage. my favorite is finn, but its becoming really popular.