120 Best Irish Names With Meanings For Baby Boy

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Irish Baby Boy Names With Meanings

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There are hundreds of Irish names for boys that you can choose from for your little baby boy, and we’ve got a great list for you! Many of these names, especially the traditional ones, have great depth in their meaning and origins. Make picking out a name for your little one a fun experience!

List of Irish Baby Boy Names with Meanings

Here are three lists starting from the popular Irish boy names, to unusual names, and traditional names.

Most Popular Irish Baby Names for Boys

Name Meaning
Alfie Alfie, short for Alfred, comes from the old English word ‘Elfred’. It is the words aelf (elf) and raed (counsel) compounded meaning ‘wise counsel’.
Alex Alex is derived out of the name ‘Alexander’. The name means ‘defender of mankind’.
Alan Alan is a popular Irish name. The name means ‘noble’ and has variants such as Allan and Allen.
Ben Ben is short for Benjamin which has Hebrew origins. It means “son of the right hand”.
Brion Brion is a variation of the name Brian. It is thought to mean ‘honorable’ and ‘strong’.
Colin Colin is short for Nicholas, and it means ‘pup’.
Conor Conor roughly means ‘lover of hounds’. It can also mean ‘high desire’.
Connelly Connelly means ‘love, friendship’.
Darcy The Name Darcy has French and Irish origins meaning ‘the dark one’ or ‘the fortress’.
Devin Devin has Irish origins and means ‘poet’. However, it is not the same as Devon.
Duncan While the name has its origins in Scotland, it has been extensively adopted by the Irish. In Gaelic, it means ‘dark warrior’.
Darby Darby ‘free one’ in Gaelic.
Donal Donal is the Irish derivative of Donald. It means ‘proud chief’ in Gaelic.
Darren Darren means ‘little great one’.
Farrell Farrell is an Irish name which means courageous.
Flynn Flynn means ‘son of the red-haired one’ and has deep Irish origins.
Finn Finn is the anglicized derivative of the Irish name Fionn which means ‘fair, white, clear’.
Grady Grady is a popular boy name with Irish Origins meaning ‘noble’ and ‘illustrious’.
Garret Garret in Gaelic means ‘spear strength’.
Hugh The name Hugh has ancestry in Irish, English and German cultures and means ‘mind, intellect’.
Harry Harry means ‘home ruler’ or ‘army commander’.
Hugo Hugo has Irish, French and German origins, meaning ‘heart, mind, intellect, spirit’.
Ian Ian is originally the Scottish form of John. It means ‘God is gracious’.
John John is one of the oldest and most widespread names with Hebrew Origins. It also means ‘God is gracious’.
Jake Jake has its origins in the biblical character Jacob. It means ‘seizing by the heel, supplanting’.
Jamie Jamie is a nickname for James. It is also common as an independent name. It means ‘supplanter’.
Jordan Jordan is an old name with Hebrew origins. It means ‘to flow down, descend’.
Jonathan Jonathan is also a name with a Hebrew origin. It means ‘Yahweh/God has given’.
Kevin Kevin means ‘handsome, kind, comely birth’.
Keith Keith means ‘the wind’.
Karl Karl has its origins in the German culture where it means ‘a man, peasant, freeman’.
Killian Killian stands for ‘war, strife’.
Leo While Leo is an old Latin name which means ‘lion’.
Michael The name Michael has Hebrew origins. The name means ‘who is like God?’
Murphy Murphy is a highly popular Irish name that means ‘sea warrior’.
Mason Mason means ‘one who works with stone’.
Martin Martin comes from the Latin word ‘Martinus’. It means ‘of Mars or war-like’.
Matthew Matthew is a highly popular name, which means ‘gift of God’.
Max Max is a pet name for Maximilian, which means ‘the greatest’.
Neil Neil is derived out of the Gaelic word Niall. Neil in Irish is thought to mean ‘a champion’ or ‘a cloud’.
Nathan Nathan has Hebrew origins and means ‘gift’.
Noah Noah comes from the Hebrew word ‘noach’ which means ‘rest, comfort’.
Ollie Ollie is a loving short form of the name Oliver with French origins. It means ‘olive tree’.
Oscar Oscar is a popular boy name with origins in French. It means ‘golden city’.
Owen Owen is thought to be of Welsh meaning ‘lamb’ and also Gaelic meaning ‘youth’.
Paul Paul has Latin origins, meaning ‘small’, ‘humble’.
Phillip Phillip means ‘lover of horses’.
Shaun Shaun is derived from Seán. It is also an Irish version of John meaning ‘God is gracious’.
Shane Shane is the Anglicized Irish name Seaghan, which is another form of John.
Zach Zach comes from the Greek word Zacharias meaning ‘rememberence of God’.

Unique & Unusual Names

Name Meaning
Aidan Aidan has its roots in the Irish word Aodhan, which means ‘little fiery one’.
Angus Angus means ‘one strength’.
Barry Barry is an old Irish name, meaning ‘fair haired’.
Brendan This name means ‘prince’ or ‘king’.
Brody Brody means ‘broad eye’ or ‘broad island’.
Blaine Blaine means ‘slender’ or ‘angular’ in Irish.
Cormac Cormac means ‘charioteer’ in old Gaelic.
Cian Pronounced as “keen”, Cian is a very popular name that means ‘ancient’.
Colm Colm in Gaelic means ‘dove’.
Cullen The name has Gaelic origins and means ‘holly tree’.
Cathal Cathal is an Irish Celtic name which means ‘powerful in battle’.
Carson Carson has an Irish-Scottish origin and means ‘son of the marsh dwellers’.
Clancy Clancy is a rare name that means ‘red-haired warrior’.
Ciarán Derived out of the Irish name Kieran, this name is popular with Irish and the English. It means ‘little dark one’.
Declan Having an Irish descent, Declan means ‘man of prayer’.
Dillon Dillon means ‘loyal’. It is also spelled ‘Dylan’ outside Ireland.
Donovan In Gaelic, this name means ‘dark’.
Diarmaid This Irish name means ‘free from envy’.
Daithi Daithi is the Irish version of the Hebrew name David. Pronounced as “Dah-hee”, it means ‘beloved’.
Gulliver Gulliver is a popularly known name that means ‘glutton’.
Ivo Ivo has ancestry in Irish and German cultures and the name means ‘yew wood, archer’.
Kai Kai means ‘sea’.
Kellen Kellen has both Irish and German ancestry and means ‘slender’.
Kayden Kayden can ‘companion’ or ‘friend’.
Kian Kian is a derivative of the name Cian from Celtic origins, which means ‘enduring’.
Killian Killian is a pet form of the name ‘Ceallach’ with Irish origins. It means ‘war, strife’.
Kermit Kermit in old Irish means ‘free man’.
Kerry Kerry means ‘dark’ or ‘dark haired’.
Keenan Keenan means ‘ancient’.
Lennon Lennon has Irish origins and means ‘small cloak or cape’. It can even mean ‘little blackbird’.
Liam Liam is an old Irish name that originates as a pet name for ‘Uilliam’. The name means ‘resolute protection’.
Lucan Lucan is an Irish derivative of the name ‘Luke’, which means ‘man from Lucania’.
Maguire Maguire is a relatively popular Irish surname which means ‘son of the beige one’. It is also being used as a first name.
McCoy McCoy is a an old Irish name which means ‘fire’.
Marcus Marcus is thought to mean ‘dedicated to Mars’, or ‘warlike’.
Nolan Nolan is old Irish for ‘champion’.
Nevin Nevin means ‘holy’.
Niall Niall is an Irish boy name which means ‘Cloud’. It is similar to the word Neil but is pronounced as “nye-al”.
Odhrán Odhrán means ‘little pale green one’.
Phelan Pronounced as “Fay-lan”, this Irish name means ‘wolf’.
Padraigh Padraigh is an old Irish boy name which means ‘patrician, noble’.
Piran Piran is an ancient Irish word  which means ‘prayer’.
Quinn Quinn is an Irish name which can mean ‘intelligence’, ‘chief leader’ or ‘descendant of Conn’.
Riley This Irish name means ‘courageous’.
Rory Rory is a strictly Irish name derived from Ruairi, meaning ‘rust-colored, red’.
Sullivan This Irish name means ‘black eyed one’.
Tristan Tristan means ‘tumult, riot’.
Torin Torin is an old Irish boy name which means ‘chief’.
Tadhg Pronounced as “tiger”, this Irish name means ‘Poet’.
Tyrone Tyrone is an Irish boy name meaning ‘land of Eoghan’.

Old and Traditional Irish Names

Name Meaning
Aaron Having Hebrew origins, Aaron is derived out of Aharon which means ‘the exalted one’.
Adam Adam is one of the oldest names around derived out of ‘Adama’ which means ‘red earth’.
Bradan Pronounced as “bray-dawn”, the name Bradan means ‘salmon’. In old Irish, it signifies ‘wisdom’.
Brin The word ‘bri’ means hill. Therefore the name Brin in context means ‘high/noble and strong’. It is pronounced as “breen”.
Carbry Carbry is another old Irish name which also means ‘charioteer’.
Cashel Pronounced as “Cash-ill”, the name means ‘castle, stone fort’ in Irish.
Callahan Callahan is an old Irish name which means ‘bright headed’.
Darragh Pronounced as “darra”, Darragh can be translated into ‘fruitful’ and ‘fertile’ or ‘dark oak’ or ‘oak tree’.
Declan Declan is pronounced as “day-glawn” and means ‘son of prayer’.
Eamon Eamon is an old Irish name that means ‘keeper of riches’. It is pronounced as “aim-on” and has derivatives in Edmund and Edward.
Eoin Pronounced as “oh-in”, the name is often understood as ‘well born’. Eo also means Yew, and the name is also translated as ‘Land of the Yew’.
Fergus Fergus is an old Irish name, meaning ‘strong man’.
Fintan Fintan can be divided into two. Fin means ‘white’ and ‘tan’ means ‘fire’, so the name can be translated to ‘white fire/heat’.
Lochlann Lochlann is an old word which means ‘place of the lakes’.
Niall Pronounced as “nile”, the name is associated with royalty as it was common with kings. It is thought to mean ‘passionate’.
Odhran Odhran which is pronounced as “oh-dran” means ‘dark-haired’.
Oisin Oisin, pronounced as “usheen”, means ‘young deer’ or ‘fawn’.
Ronan Ronan means ‘little seal’.
Ros Ros has old Irish origins and means ‘prominent’.
Ultan Pronounced as ‘ult-un’, it means ‘Ulsterman’, one of the provinces or Ireland at the northern tip.

May this list of lovely Irish names provide an interesting and exciting experience of naming your new bundle of joy!

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