Irish baby names for boys have been growing in popularity in the US.

Irish men's christian names. We also include the Gaelic and Celtic origin meaning and name. As the twentieth largest island in the world with only about 65 million people Ireland has a bloody history due to its two main divided parts the Republic of Ireland with Dublin as the capital and Northern Ireland a part that has always been under the rule of the United Kingdom. A variant of name is Angus.

Traditional Irish Boys Names. Sean and Seamus Ó Dubhghaill aka John and James Doyle bathing their little cousin Sean OGeanin John Gannon They only have to be mentioned to have people thinking of the Celts and their rich legacy of glorious myths and folklore fabulous art and music and their beautiful Gaelic language. Boy Shortened form of any name begin.

Braden Son of Bradan. Boy Exalted mountain high high mou. A variant of name Angus.

In all the names of this class the Cu under the government of O or Mac took the genitive form Con which is preserved in most of these. Many Irish names began with Cú a hound figuratively a heroThese all took Mac with apparently one exception which took the O namely Cú-cheanann which gave rise to the surname O Conceanainn anglicised Concannon and sometimes even Cannon. Derived from the name Lug a Celtic god.

A further one-in-10 were called Patrick - meaning close to a quarter of the male population had the name of. Celtic - One Choice. Extremely popular early Irish name in both legend and history.

A common name throughout old Ireland. Over 100 years ago in Ireland the most popular name for men and boys was John. A sprite or other-worldly being.