Cool Irish Names for Babies. Linda Rosenkrantz

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СКАЧАТЬ Ruairí

       Blondes, Brunettes and Especially Redheads

      An ever-growing number of parents subscribe to the belief that you shouldn’t name a child until you see what he or she looks like. A number of traditional Irish names fit in with this notion, meaning ‘fair’ or ‘dark’ or ‘red-haired’. The catch, of course, is that a baby’s colouring at birth may differ considerably from what it is a year—or ten or twenty—down the road.

      Many of the earliest Irish names connote dark colouring or dark hair—perhaps a hint that the Gaels who arrived around the time of Christ came from Spain. Fair colouring was more unusual among the early Irish, and so more prized, with mythical and heavenly creatures often described as having golden hair. The Vikings, who invaded Ireland in the ninth and tenth centuries, made blonde and red hair more common.

      You may want to consider one of these colourful choices for your own little blonde, brunette or redhead.

      NAMES for DARK BABIES

       Girls

      BARRDHUBH

      DUIBHEASA/Duvessa

      BRENNA

      DUIBHLEAMHNA

      CAREY

      DÚINSEACH

      CIAR

      KERRY

      CIARA/Keara/Kiera/Kira

      ORNA

      CIARNAIT

      Boys

      BRANDUBH/Branduff DOUGAL

      CIARAN/Kieran DOYLE

      CIARMHAC DUALTACH/Duald

      CRÓNÁN/Cronan DUBHÁN/Duane

      DOLAN DUBH/Duff

      DONNCHADH/Donagh DUBHAGÁN/Duggan

      DONAHUE DUBHDARA

      DONLEAVY FEARDORCHA/Farry

      DONN KERWIN

      DONNABHÁN/Donovan SULLIVAN

      DONNAGÁN/Donegan TEIMHNÍN/Tynan

      DONNÁN

       Either

      DARCY

      DUBHTHACH/Dufach

      DELANEY

      DUFFY

      DONNELLY

      GORMAN

      DUBHÓG

       NAMES for FAIR BABIES

       Girls

      BÁINE

      BÉIBHINN/Bevin

      CAOILINN/Keelin

      CAOIMHINN

      CEALLACH/Kelly

      CÉIBHIONN

      FINNEACHT

      FINNÉADAN

      FINNSEACH

      FIONA

      FIONNUALA/Finola

      FIONNÚIR

      MUIREANN

      MUIRGHEAL/Muriel

      NIAMH

      NUALA

      UAINIONN

       Boys

      CAOIMHÍN/Kevin

      FINN

      FINNBARR

      FINNEGAN

      FINNIAN

      FINTAN

      LACHTNA

      ORAN

       Either

      AILBHE/Alby

      ALBANY

      BAIRRFHIONN/Barry

      MOINGIONN

      NAMES for RED-HAIRED BABIES

       Girls

      COCHRANN

      RÓISÍN

      CORCAIR

      SCARLETT

      FLANNAIT

       Boys

      ALROY

      CORC

      CORCRÁN/Corcoran

      DEARGÁN

      FLANNÁN

      LOCHLAINN (Though this name does not strictly mean redhaired, it’s a nod to the ‘land of the lochs,’ homeland of the Vikings who brought fair and red hair to Ireland.)

      REED/Reid

      ROAN/Rohan

      ROONE/Rooney

       Either

      CLANCY

      RUAIRÍ/Rory

      DERRY

      ROWAN

      FLANN

      FLANAGAN

      FLANNERY

      FLYNN

       Darragh

       Irish Unisex Names

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