A Whole Lotta Names

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Using the idea I got from this post, I made my (up to...) top 10 favorite names of each gender and for each letter.  Yeah, up to.  No way I could do it for all of them!

 

Definitely let me know if you also like some of the more uncommon ones so we can be name friends. :P (And I tried to put some pronunciations for some, too... I like a lot of Irish and Welsh stuff.)  I also tried not to use names that were forms of each other, but who am I kidding?  No names I'd only use as nicknames, though!
(*names I actually would use/have used IRL)

A
Alasdair*
Alphonsus
Augustin
Airril (AR-il)
Ambrose
Angus
Andrew
Alban
Awen
Aquinas
Affaith (AF-ee)

Anne*
Agatha*
Agnes
Angela
Alastríona
Aghna (IE-na)
Allison
Afanen (a-VAN-en)
Abigail

B
Benjamin*
Bram
Bevan
Balthazar
Blas
Brendan
Bruce
Bryn
Barnaby

Bronwen*
Bonnie
Bethan
Bernadette
Bronagh
Béibhinn (BEV-in)
Belén
Bronmai (BRON-mie)
Briony

C
Columba
Ciarán*
Charles*
Clair*
Cyril
Colin
Christopher
Cormac
Connor
Columcille (col-um-KEEL)

Claire*
Clémence
Channary
Catherine
Colombe (co-LOHM)
Constance
Caitlin

D
Dáire* (Dara)
Diarmaid (Dermot)
Damien
Diether (DEE-ter)
Delano
Daighre (DAY-ra)
Dacre (DAY-ker)

Dulcibella
Drysi (DROO-see)
Daphne
Dinah
Danielle
Drorit

E
Emlyn*
Éamonn (AY-mon)
Emil
Emmanuel
Errol
Edwin
Edward
Eoghan (O-an)
Eugene
Éanna (AY-na)

Eugenia*
Euphemia*
Edith*
Eleanor*
Easter
Elizabeth*
Eloise
Emer
Eseld
Eira

F
Francis*
Feidhlim (FEL-im)
Finlo
Fitzwilliam
Franklin
Faridoon
Flynn
Faoiltiarn (fel-TEERN)
Fiachra (FEE-ak-ra)

Fionnuala* (fin-OO-la)
Fiadh (FEE-a)
Frances*

G
Gregory
Graham
Grier
Gulliver
Guy (GHEE)
Germain
Gwilym
George
Gordon
Gale

Gretchen*
Grace*
Georgina*
Gaenor
Genevieve*
Guinevere
Geraldine
Georgiana (jor-JAY-na)
Glesni
Gillian

H
Hamish
Henry
Harrison
Hartwin
Harvey

Honora*
Harriet

I
Ieuan* (YAY-an)
Ian*
Ignace
Ira
Ionawr (YON-oor)
Islay (IE-la)

Íde (EE-da)
Isobel
Innes
Ivy

J
James*
John*
Joyce
June
Jen

Janna (YAN-a)
Joanna
Juliet
Jemima
Joy
Julienne
Josephine (prn. in French)
Jeanine

K
Kieran
Karsten

Katherine
Keturah
Keziah
...boo K

L
Llewellyn*
Louis*
Lovell
Linden
Leland
Linus
Lewin

Louise
Lalage (la-LAZH or la-LA-ya... eww the English prn.)
Lourdes

M
Michael*
Malachy*
Mackenzie*
Meirion
Manfred
Mánus (MAW-nas)
Melchior

Margaret*
Mairéad* (ma-RAYD)
Mae
Mefin (MEV-in)
Myfanwy
Marjorie
Maple
Magdalene
Maureen
Marnie

N
Norman*
Nicholas*
Noel (NOHL)
Neal
Noble

Nimue
Nina
Nora

O
Oisín (OSH-een)
Odhran (OR-an)
Orval
Owen
Oliver

Olwen*
Olalla (o-LA-ya)
Oona
Olive
Ouida (WEE-da)

P
Patrick*
Peter*
Paderau
Pherick
Paul
Ptolemy
Prosper
Peregrine

Philomena
Phaedra
Penelope
Prudence
Pascale
Petronel
Padma
Paolina
Paloma

Q
Quincey
Quentin

Pff...

R
Roger
Richard
Rory
Ralph (RAYF)
Rowan
Roland
Royal
Remiel
Rupert

Róisín* (rosh-EEN)
Rosalie*
Rose
Ramona
Regina
Rowena

S
Séamus*
Sage
Sacheverell
Satchel
Sable
Sean
Sallah
Silvio
Stuart
Somerled

Shoshannah*
Sunshine
Sibel (sih-BEL)
Saoirse (SEER-sha)
Saraid (SOR-it)
Sarah
Susannah

T
Thomas*
Theodore*
Taliesin
Tavish
Trevelyan

Tallulah
Tesni
Tegwen
Thomasina
Temperance

U
Uaithne (WA-nya)
Ulysses

Úna

V
Valentine
Virgil

Virginia*
Vivien
Vienne

W
William*
Walter*
Ward
Warren
Wynn
Wendell

Winnifred
Wilhelmina

X
Xavier (ZAY-vee-er or za-vee-AY)

Xochitl (SO-cheel)

Y
Yevgeniy
Yves (EEV)
Ynyr (IN-ur)

Ygraine

Z
no boys, boo Z

Zsuzsanna
Zinnia

Comments

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

It's an Arabic name. Well, technically it's a word (see Dunya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunya), but it's being used as a name as well. I've seen Moroccon girls called Dunya before. It's pronounced Doon-yah. I really like it!

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that is really pretty!