I recently shared this lovely poem about a newborn baby being fed and thought I would publish a post with 10 Irish baby boy and girl names for 2023. It seems new parents are going for more and more unique baby names, which is great! So I wanted to do the same with this list and give more uncommon Irish baby names that you might not have heard of. If you do pick one of these names in the future, please come back and leave a comment it would be great to see. These names also have Irish history, so be sure to look into any further that appeal to you.
And if this list doesn’t do it for you, I also have this massive list of 300 Irish baby names to check out.
Now let’s get to these Irish baby names. Firstly I will start with the Irish baby girl names.
Top 10 Irish baby girl names for 2023
- Cece – Cece is an Irish baby Girl name, and the meaning of this name is “Blind”.
- Tierney – Irish origin meaning “descendent of a lord
- Creidne – Creidne means “woman warrior” in Irish.
- Ealga – Pronounced like “Ayla”. Irish origin that means Swan, Noble.
- Mallaidh (molly): meaning “star of the sea”.
- Tuathla (too-lah): meaning “princess of the people”.
- Íde – pronounced ‘ee-da’, meaning thirst
- Bóinn originally Boann – pronounced ‘bo-in’, meaning white cow
- Mare – Irish variation of Mary
- Fainche – pronounced ‘fawn-cha’, meaning free
Top 10 Unique Irish baby boy names for 2023
- Lochlain, meaning “Viking”.
- Flynn – A popular Irish surname now becoming a more trendy Irish baby boy name.
- Seosamh (pronounced Show-sav) – this is the Irish version of Joseph and means “he will add”.
- Ros – has old Irish origins and means ‘prominent’.
- Brin – Pronounced as “Breen” The word ‘bri’ means hill. Means high/noble and strong.
- Jarlath – A very unique Irish boy name that means “tribulation lord.”
- Odhran – Pronouched (O-Rawn), Odhran means “little green one.”
- Torin – The Irish variation, Torin, means chief from the crags. The English version, Tauren, means woodland.
- Eunan – Pronounced (YOO-nan) – A saint’s name from the 7th century.
- Naoise – Pronounced NEE-SHA – Meaning an old Irish warrior. It also became popular as an Irish girl’s name.
There you have 20 Unique Irish baby names for 2023. I tried to find the most uncomment Irish baby names. Does any of this stand out to you? Comment below and let me know.
Need more Irish baby names? Check out my bigger list of 300 Irish baby names here!
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Caitríona
Wednesday 22nd of February 2023
Nice list, but as Irish is an endangered language it's important to keep the names as authentic and accurate as possible. Some corrections:
Cece – Not an Irish name or word. No idea where you got that info Tierney – Irish surname, definitely not a girls' first name Ealga – Pronounced like “Ayla”. Should be spelled Aodhla or Éala Mare – spelled Máire or Maura Fainche – pronounced ‘fwin-cha’, meaning "scald crow"
Jarlath – No J in the Irish language. It's Iarlaith (Eer-la) Lord of the East Odhran – Pronouched (O-Rawn), also pronounced OR-awn. Odhran means “little GREY one.” Eunan – Pronounced (YOO-nan) – In Irish this is spelled ADHAMHNÁN. 😅
Irish Around The World
Friday 24th of February 2023
Oh wow! I will certainly have to update my article. My Irish is very bad as you can see so thank you very much for correcting these Irish baby names
Belfast
Saturday 5th of November 2022
Seems to be a hell of a lot of lords and warriors in those days.
Padraig
Saturday 5th of November 2022
Why would you name a baby blind or white cow?
Caitríona
Wednesday 22nd of February 2023
@Padraig, because Bóinn is an Irish river goddess (Boyne) and it's important to keep our myths and heritage alive. The white cows kept by Bóinn symbolised the different phases of the moon. Irish names usually have huge significance so kindly take your dismissive flippance elsewhere.
Irish Around The World
Saturday 5th of November 2022
Maybe the baby is as white as a white cow or maybe your blinded by the babies beauty. Could be one of 1000 reasons really.