I need a good irish girl name help!?

I have a class project and we have to start writing a book about a imagrant


I chose Ireland


I need a LOVELY old fashioned name








I was thinking Alannah,but thats not old is it?

I need a good irish girl name help!?
I'm from Ireland!!! I have lived in Ireland my whole life. and what better person to learn about Ireland than an Irish person!!





Ok first of all, I am after reading a couple of the aswers on this page and some of then are SOOOOO WRONG!! totally inaccurate. If you want help with your project I would love to help because I hate when people get these things wrong about Ireland and it happens soo often, for example, the oher answers on this! sure some people can't even spell Leapr茅achaun!!! lol





Ok well I don't think Alannah is an Irish name. If you want a girls name here are a few.





Siobhain (pronounced shiv-auuuwn)


Aoif茅 (ee-faa) I love tha name!


Siobhra (shiov-ra)


Aisling (ash-ling)


Eimer (ee-mer)


Ciara (kee-rah)


Niamh (ni-ev)


Deirdre (dear-dra)


Sinead (shin-ade)


Brona (bro-nah)





There is a few. If you need any help with your project I would be MORE than happy to help. so just try emailing me or whatever. and also I speak fluent Irish so if you want me to translate anything I can for you.
Reply:Just a clarification...





Alannah is an Irish name! I should know. It's my name and I'm Irish too. Lol. It's just a rare name. It means "Oh sweet child".





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Reply:Isolde is a perfect old irish name. It's old fashioned and pretty.


Fiona is another
Reply:I think Alannah would be good for your book.


It sounds Irish and original.
Reply:Aoife or Ciara.
Reply:i have a baby name book of names from foreign countries and here are the girls names...





Brenna


Bridget


Colleen


Fiona


Flanna


Kathleen


Maeve


Maureen (love that name!!!)


Megan


Tara








I hope that helps! Have a healthy baby!
Reply:Briony.
Reply:Maeve or Siobhan...





look up some Celtic names, they are the best
Reply:Afric Africk Though it sounds like it should mean Africa, it doesn't. It has been recorded as an Irish name as far back as the 11th Century and is still quite popular to-day.





Aibreann av-rawn April, Avril Aibreann is the Irish word for the month April.





Aideen ay-deen This is a variation of Etain. It is also sometimes used for girls whose fathers are called Aidan - the -een ending is a diminutive. Aidan comes from the old Irish aed which means 'fire' with the -een meaning small, so 'little fire'





Ailbe al-vah Alva From a translation into Irish of the Latin Alba meaning 'white'


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Aileen ay-leen From the old Irish 'ail' meaning 'noble.'. The -een is a diminutive, so little noble one. It is a variation of Eileen.





Ailis Eilis ay-lish Alice, Elizabeth Irish version of both Alice and Elizabeth





Aine awn-ya Anya Anne Two origins: 1. An old Gaelic name meaning 'radiance' or 'joy'. 2. Also used as the Irish equivalent of Anne.





Alannah ah-lan-ah Alana From 'leanbh' the Irish word for child, this is an affectionate usage of 'child', often translated as 'darling child'.





Alma An early Irish name, used for both boys and girls, meaning 'all good'.





Aoibheann eve-een Eavan Aoibhinn means 'lovely', the name is also sometime a diminutive of Eve - 'little Eve'.





Aoife ee-fa Eve A very old Irish name meaning 'beautiful or radiant'. May also come from Eve.





Ashling Aislinn ash-ling In Irish means 'a vision or dream'.


Aurnia our-nia Orla A variation of Orla, meaning 'Golden Lady'. The 12th century Irish chieftain Donal 脫g MacCarthy had a daughter of this name.





Banba An old name used for Ireland. I have never heard it used as a girls name in Ireland, but it has been suggested as one.





Betha bay-thah From the Irish word for 'life'.





Bl谩thnaid, Bl谩naid, Bl谩thnat blaw-nid blaw-nat Blath means 'flower', the name is generally understood to mean 'little flower'. In Irish legend she was rescued by the hero Cuchulainn from an unhappy marriage but later killed by her husbands servant.





Briana, Brianna bree-a-nah The female version of Brian meaning 'hill' though often said to be indicative of 'noble or virtuous'.





Brigid, Bridget bridge-id Brigit The name comes from the Irish 'brigh' meaning 'powerful' or 'high one'. While mostly associated with St Brigid, it is actually a much older Celtic name. In fact St Brigid predates Christianity too, and was the most important goddess of Celtic times. The stories told of saint and goddess are so intermingled as to be impossible to separate. Could it be they are one and the same?


Bronagh brone-ah Brona 'bronach ' means 'sad or sorrowful' in Irish. Maudlin name to give a child one would think!





Caitl铆n kate-lyn Katherine Irish versions of the English name.


cat-rio-nah





Caoilfhoinn key-lin Keelin From the Irish words for 'slender' and 'fair'. Quite a few Irish saints had this name.





Caoimhe qwee-vuh or key-vuh Keva From the Irish word 'caomh' which can variously mean 'gentle, beautiful or graceful'. ]





Cara car-ah Kara In Irish 'cara' means 'friend.' - Do Chara means Your Friend and thus the name of this site!


Cathleen kath-leen Kathleen Irish variant of Katherine. Note that in Irish there is no letter K, so it will always be spelt with a C. \





Catriona cat-rio-nah Katherine Another Irish variant for Katherine.





Ciara keyrah Keera Feminised version of Ciaran, meaning 'dark'.





Cliona Cl铆odhna klee-un-ah From the Irish clodhna meaning 'shapely.' In Celtic myth Cl铆odhna was an Irish Goddess who fell in love with Caibhan (Kevin) a mortal.


Clodagh klodah Thought to be related to the name of a river in Tipperary (The Clody). Many Irish rivers were named after Celtic Gods and Goddesses, but if there was a Goddess known as Clodagh nothing is known of her.


Colleen kolleen A phonetic pronunciation of the Irish word 'cail铆n', meaning girl. Rarely used as a name in Ireland, but popular in Irish communities in the USA and elsewhere
Reply:Brianna - meaning "noble, virtuous"
Reply:Colleen


Erin


Delores (that's old)
Reply:Actually Alannah is an old Irish name. also names like Beth, Shannon, Bridget, Cara, Fiona, and Nora. If you want more, just Google it or something. anyway, i hope i helped!
Reply:I think Alannah sounds nice, even though I didn't know it ws Irish at first. I also love the names Ardara and Aisleen...more at http://www.babynames.com/Names/search_re...
Reply:this is the best website ever because it gives you different ways to spell it, the names meaning and you can hear how to pronounce it! i would go here





http://www.babynamesofireland.com/pages/...





hope this helps!
Reply:aideen (ay-deen) or aileen (ay-leen) caitlin, ciara, colleen, brigid, briana......these are all traditional irish names. hope that helps =)
Reply:I don't think Alannah is old....





How about:


Cailin -[Kay-lin] It's old, it means girl
Reply:Erin, Shannon, Catherine, Kathleen
Reply:How about Keavy, Grace, Lydia, Amber
Reply:Erin
Reply:How about





Ciara


Sorcha


Socha


Sarah


Ashiling


Hannah


Kira


Nora
Reply:hannah
Reply:Katherine


Kathryn or


Kate "Katy"


Patricia,


Colleen,


Erin,


Riley,


Shannon,


Bailey,


Mackenzie,


Mary





just a few of the more popular names I like but some of the posters above had some wonderful Irish names.
Reply:Kaera, Sheila
Reply:meghan dunne sounds really irish
Reply:ASHLEY, KATHERINE, LINDA, HELENE, KAREN....
Reply:Norah
Reply:saoirse! can get much older than that....... (pronounced seer-sha)
Reply:No, Alannah isn't that old a name





Try:


Aisling - pronounced ashling





means dream/vision








Erin isn't realy that irish - it's more americanised irish. and bridgette is old english








Siobhan is a nice one too - pronounced shiv-awn





saoirse - pronounced seer-sha, is certainly an old name - tho i'm not keen on it cos over here in ireland it's very common these days





Aoif茅 (eefah), Caoilinn (kee-lan) and Naimh (Neev) and nice too, and old - they come from the old Irish legends








**Edit - be wary of mr 'i'm so irish' down there - he can't spell Eimear, Bronagh, or Siobhan, so i'm not quite sure if he knows as much as he thinks he does





He even uttered the fateful phrase 'I speak irish'. No-one irish calls our language that - it's Gaelige
Reply:here is a HUGE list of gaelic names. they should give you some ideas.


http://www.babynamesworld.com/search.php...





Alannah means "rock" in gaelic. so if you want her to be a strong woman, that is a beautiful name. you could also go with Ashlyn (dream), Bidelia (power, strength), Catlen (purity), or even Triona.
Reply:bridgette
Reply:Claire
Reply:siobhan





shannon





try this


http://web.ncf.ca/bj333/HomePage.boys.ht...