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20 Lovely (And Largely Undiscovered) Irish Baby Names

Published 12:00 2 Oct 2016 BST

Updated 13:38 2 Oct 2016 BST

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The beautiful meanings of these first names will always be a wonderful conversation-starter. A survey commissioned by Coca-Cola of 1,800 people across eight European countries revealed that 87% of Irish people consider their names to be very important in their lives. Take a peek at the top 20 legendary Irish-themed baby names and make sure your child has a name worth remembering: 1. Shiel  Means: 'little pasture.' 2. Bébhinn Means: 'fair, white lady.' 3. Aurnia Means: 'golden lady.' 4. Eriu/Eirú Means: 'Irish goddess.' 5. Onan Means: 'vigour.' baby 6. Cuisle Means: 'heartbeat.' 7. Iúile Means: 'child with thick hair.' 8. Blaithín Means: 'little garden flower.' 9. Cairbre Means: 'strong man.' 10. Neala Means: 'little champion.' Grey eyes baby after wash. Isolated, with two clipping pathes for eyes and towel contour 11. Mallaidh Means: 'bitter.' 12. Lachlan Means: 'war-like.' 13. Reilly Means: 'valiant.' 14. Rogan (or Logan in Scotland) Means: 'low ground.' 15. Fiadh Means: 'of the wild.' baby 16. Síomha Means: 'peaceful one.' 17. Aednat Means: 'little fire.' 18. Cassidy Means: 'curly-haired one.' 19. Gael Means: 'stranger.' 20. Cayna/Kayna Means: 'little jewel of love.' Cute little nerd boy wearing glasses isolation on blue background If none of these cool Gaelic names tickled your fancy, how about a more artistic style name for your new bundle? Or try this baby naming app.

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