What is the most popular Irish name?

for boys and girls...

What is the most popular Irish name?
Here they are...in order.


Boys: Sean, Jack, Conner, Adam, James, Daniel, Luke, Cian, Michael, Jamie.





Girls: Sarah, Emma, Katie, Aoife, Sophie, Ava, Grace, Ella, Leah, Ciara.
Reply:traditional names like Aoife,Eithne,Niamh,Maeve %26amp; Aisling are popular for girls. I know boys called Connor,Colm,Kieran,Aidan %26amp; Liam


Some names that are considered 'irish' in the USA/Canada areconsidered more 'stage Oirish' by the true Irish--such as Erin,Shannon,Shawna,Caitlin %26amp; Colleen. Much more common in the US than Ireland, though they are found on occasion in Ireland due to the influence of tv/film.


Caitlin is a particularly interesting one, as in North America it is always pronounced Kate-lynn. In Ireland it's the Gaelighe version of Kathleen %26amp; is pronounced something like 'Katchleen.'
Reply:According to http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/1... which gives the top 100 names in Ireland for 2005, the most popular Irish girls' names are Aoife and Ciara and the most popular Irish boys' names are Sean and Conor.
Reply:Here's a link to what I presume houseoffunksville was referring to. It shows also the change in popularity of different names over the last 5 years.





http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/d...
Reply:boys - sean, liam, patrick, darragh, michael





Girls : Niamh, Aisling, Aoife, Shannon, Aine
Reply:No real irish person would spell sean with a W, and any irish girl with that name would be doomed to a miserable life of teasing.
Reply:Saoirse for a girl (meaning freedom) Or Siobhan (with a fada over the a) Sean or Seamus for a boy.


Edit~ I think houseoff covered most of them well! :-)
Reply:Probably Ciara or Aoife, maybe Siobhan,





for boys - Conor, Liam or Stephen
Reply:Everyone knows a:





John


Mary


Pat/Patrick/Padraig


Orlaith/Orla


Fionn


Fiona


Fionnula


Aoife


Sean


Ronan


Donncha


Oisin


Seamus


Aisling/Ashling


Paul


Tom


Mick


Dan/Daniel


Sarah


Jack


Roisin


Katie


Elaine
Reply:Ciara and Ciaran. Luvin da 1st name!!! lol!!!
Reply:for a guy i would say John or Patrick


and for a girl i would say Mary or Aisling
Reply:marius or mohammad for a boy





sarah for a girl
Reply:I'd say Sean or Patrick for a boy and Aisling or Orlaith for a girl.
Reply:for a girl? Siobhan!
Reply:Well one is for boy or girl Shawn (spell for girl) Sean or Shawn ( for boy) my youngest Son is named Shawn..... but i spelled it Shawn and I know a lot of guys with the same spelling!! Some of my son's friends!
Reply:I would say for a girl SHANNON and for a boy PATRICK those are the irish names that i hear most often.
Reply:Olga but i advise not to name your daughter it unless you want her to be a beastly Irish lady...
Reply:'Clancy' is very popular.
Reply:Patricia.....Patrick