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The latest American given names trend is Irish! Irish names are the latest rage, taking the top spots on national popularity charts and rising up out of the sea of given name choices. The trend is most visible among baby boy names, with names such as Ryan, Kevin, Sean, Connor and Brayden taking spots in the top 100’s. The biggest surprise comes from the old Irish name Áedán. Although officially ranking number 43 in the nation, its many spelling variations make it a contender for the number one spot. The number one boy name Jacob was registered by the Social Security Administration as having been given to approximately 24,400 males in 2006. Meanwhile, the many variations of Áedán – Aidan, Aiden, Ayden and Aden total to approximately 26,300 baby boys, making it the unofficial Number 1! Related Readings:The Most Popular Names in the World Comments (19)
 Cavin
written by Elaina, February 27, 2008
I love Irish names. My son's name is Cavin named after my dad Kevin. We are now pregnant with my second and again I am leaning towards Irish names.
My name means
written by Fior, March 01, 2008
I detest how ignorant people name their children Gaelic names when they cannot speak any Gaelic at all! As a result of this, their are children running around thinking that they name is prononced totally differently than it is suppose to, or thinking that their name means "potato!" And by the way, Sinead is the feminine form of John. Not potato.
Niamh
written by Chaz, March 03, 2008
Im not being disrespectful, I love Irish names. For a girl I think the names Sinead and Siobhan are so nice and the spelling is cool. I like the name Niamh as I fell in love with it when I have a penpal from Co Cork when i was younger....but I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce it! I was told by my mate it was pronounced 'Numph' but I dont think that is true is it? and I saw somewhere that it was pronounced 'Neeve'. When I was younger, I just used to pronounce it as 'Nee-yam' but you cant blame me, I was only like 7! Can someone help please? 0:-)What is the correct way?
Niamh
written by damien, March 22, 2008
it's pronounced 'Neeve'
Deirdre
written by ann, August 08, 2008
My name is Deirdre and I like it. People always mispronounce it, but the kind people are always sorry. I don't get mad as long as people are actually thinking and trying. I sometimes get frustrated when people don't try. But Irish names are awesome. I don't like fake Irish names, like pronouncing Deirdre Dee-dra instead of Deer-dra, but pronouncing it Deirdre is AWESOME.
Teagan
written by ailish mercedes, August 14, 2008
Teagan is derived from Tadhg, Teague all Gaelic forms of Timothy. Surname O'Tadhgain. The misconception about this name is Tegin pronounced Teg-in or Teg-win is the feminine form of Teagan (Tee-gan). Very masculine and handsome for a boy.
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written by Jonni, October 15, 2008
i love irish names
My son's name is Keegan Devlin. :) we're leaning towards Irish names for the next one too! Love Teagan!!!
written by Tiffany, October 28, 2008
I love the name Teagan for a girl! My husband's Irish and we are definently leaning to another Irish name for our 3rd! Our 1st is Aiden,then Bella,I'm Spanish and it means beautiful.
Irish Family...
written by Shannon, November 05, 2008
both sets of my grandparents were born in Ireland, along with both my parents and my oldest brother, James. We go back there today to visit my grandparents there. i'm about to have my first child and am thinking about Roisin if it is a girl... My husband is from Ireland and is all for it...
irish twin names
written by Shannon Males, November 11, 2008
I am 5 months pregnant with twins and it is a boy and a girl. Me and my husband are very interested in Irish names cuz that is my heritage and he likes them. We already have a son named Brady, and we like Liam Hunter and Aiden Tucker for a boy but we can't think of any girl names that both of us like...and both of us do not like the old irish names...I want to use Faith for a middle name cuz thats mine and it is a tradition name in my family...so can anyone give us some Irish names for girls?
different
written by Leela, November 21, 2008
my name is leela-jayde, something unusual...
Teagan
written by Tuesday, November 27, 2008
I know of six boys with the name Teagan(Tee-Gun)I love this name on boys only. I love the name Keegan for boys too. For a girl I like Siobhan-means lily,Noelle,Joelle,Majella,Lassarina,Laoise-means radiant girl,Gileesa,and Fiona.
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written by suzy, November 29, 2008
I love the name McGuire for a boy.What does everyone think?
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written by Holly, December 14, 2008
I love the name Darcy for a girl! Darcy Rose
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written by Renata, January 06, 2009
Teagan for a boy. I read a romance novel and the main charactors name was Teagan Michael Shane he was a rogue handsome irish gambler. (My Ladies Pleasure). Teagan means handsome. The only girl I heard this name on is Teagan Presley(Eww)!!
Irish I think
written by Kayla , February 28, 2009
I'm not sure but I think my 2 boys names may be Irish or Celtic or something close their names are Tristan and Evan.
Is those Irish names? ...
written by Harlow, June 01, 2009
They need a pronunciation guide on this site.
nrt
written by Celina Bronson, June 03, 2009
im irish and im proud. i love the fact that people want to name their children using irish names. irish culture is so beautiful and irish names have an amazing sound. i think it is ignorant of people to not want to share their culture with the world.
"Shauna" written by Seanagh, July 29, 2009
My name is spelled Séanagh, but is pronounced 'Shauna'.
I love it's individuality :) Write comment
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