Irish Names from A to W (there aren't any X, Y, or Z names!)
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The abbreviations in the "category" column are: A=anglicization T= traditional name Tr= Irish translation of a non-Irish name M= modern creation P= place name L= last name, S= saint name.
Name (gender) Category Pronunciation Other Forms* Origin/Meaning
Daigh (m) T,S DEI Daig flame, fire
Daighre (m) T, S DEI r'yeh Daigre flame, fire
Daibhí Tr DA vee Daibhead Beloved (Hebrew): form of David
Daimhín (m) T DA veen Davin, Daimíne deer or ox
Dáire (m) T,S DAW reh Darragh, Dary, Dudley fruitful, fertile
Dáirine (f) T DAW rin yeh Darina fruitful, fertile
Dairinn (f) T DAWR inn Derinn, Doreen, Dorind, Doireann Doreen, Dorothy, Dolly daughter of Fionn?
Daithí T DAH hee Dahy, Naithí Nephew of a champion
Dallán (m) T, S DA lawn Dallan blind
Damhán T,S DA vawn Devin, Davan, Devine deer or ox
Damhnaic Tr DAV nic, DOW nic Dominic, Damhlaic, Doiminic lord (Latin)
Damhnait (f) T,S DAV nat Devnet, Davnat, Damhnat fawn
Dana (f) M DAN na Danna, Ana, Anu Celtic mother goddess
Dara (m & f) T, S DAR a Mac Dara, Darach son of the oak
Darina (f) A dar EE na Dáiríne fruitful
Darragh (m) A,S DAR a Dáire, Mac Dara fruitful, son of the oak
Dary (m) A,S DAIR ee Dáire fruitful
Deaglán (m) T,S DEG lawn Declan, Declán possibly- full of goodness?
Dearbháil (f) T,S DER val Derval, Dervla, Deirbhile Daughter of Fál (legendary name of Ireland)
Deirbhile (f) T DJIR vil a Dervila, Dervla daughter of a poet
Deasún (m) Tr DYA soon Desmond Man from Desmond (in Cork)
Declan (m) A DEK lan Deaglán possibly- full of goodness?
Deirdre (f) T DAIR dreh Deirdre, Deedra, Deirdriu perhaps "chatterer" or could be derived from a name beginning with der- meaning "daughter (of)"
Delaney L de LAIN ee Ó Dubhshláine dark health? perhaps refers to river Slaney
Dermot (m) A,S DER mit Diarmuid, Diarmaid without injunction or envy? freeman? charioteer?
Derval (f) A,S DER val Dervla, Dervila, Dearbháil Daughter of Fál (legendary name of Ireland)
Dervla, Dervila A, S DER vel la Deirbhile, Dairile daughter of a poet
Desmond A DEZ mund Deasún, Deamumhnach Man from Desmond (in Cork)
Desmumhnach T DAS oon akh Deasún, Desmond Man from Desmond (in Cork)
Devlin L DEV lin - Ó Doibhilin
Devnet (f) A,S DEV nit Damhnait fawn
Diarmaid (m) T,S DEER mid Dermot, Diarmuid, Diarmait, Jeremiah, Jerome, Jeremy, Dudley without injunction or envy? freeman? charioteer?
Dillon L DIL lin Diolun, deLeon hiberno-norman name, perhaps relating to lions or the place name Lyons
Domhnall (m) T,S DUN nal Donal, Dónal, Daniel world-mighty
Donagh (m) A DUN a Donnchadh, Donncha brown lord
Donal (m) A,S DOE nal, DUN nal Domhnall, Daniel world mighty
Donegal P dun ee GAL Dun na nGall fort of the stranger
Donegan L DUN i gin Ó Donnagáin descendant of Donnagáin ("dark-haired")
Donnchadh (m) T DUN a kha Donagh, Donnacha, Donncha, Dennis, Dionysus brown lord
Donovan L DUN a vin, DON a vin Ó Donnabháin dark brown
Doran L DO rin Ó Deoráin exiled person
Dougal (m) A DOO gal Dubhgal dark foreigner
Doyle L DOI ul, DOIL Ó Dubhghaill descendant of Dubhgall (dark stranger)
Duana (m/f) M DOO uh na - poem; song
Duane/Dwayne L DWAIN, DWAHN Ó Dubhan dark haired
Dubhaltach T DOO ul takh Doalty, Dudley dark-limbed, black-jointed
Dubhgall (m) T DU gal Dougal, Dubgall dark foreigner
Dubhghlas (m) T DU las Douglas blue black
Dublin P DUB lin Dubh linn, Baile Atha Cliath black pool/town of the ford of the hurdles
Duff L DUF Dubh dark
Duffy L DUF fee Ó Dubhthaigh dark
Dugan L DU gin Ó Dubhgáin little dark lad
Dunfhlaith (f) T DUN a la Dunla, Donnfhlaith, Dunflaith brown princess
Dwyer L DWY er Ó Duibhir black

* names in italics represents names that have no etymological connection to the Irish name, but were used as English "translations" based upon the fact that they have similar sounds or meanings.

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