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Irish baby names are some of the most unique and beautiful in the world.  As the child of a Francophile I always resented my boring easily spelled name and was delighted when in national school the teacher gave everyone (who didn't already have one) their "Irish" name during Irish. Though I noticed that anyone with an 'S' name was called Saidhbh and anyone with an 'M' name, Máire; everyone was pretty much Saidhbh or Máire (it wasn't an exact science). Similarly no matter how anglo or foreign-sounding your surname was they just stuck and 'Ó' or a 'Ní' in front of it... The popularity of unisex baby names is on the up and the Irish names really lend themselves to this trend. Lots of the names on the list are genuinely unisex and some are traditionally used for boys or girls but definitely could work for either. 20 Unisex Irish Baby Names That Will Work For Na Buachaillí Agus Na Cailíní! 1. Ailbe Pronunciation: Ale-by Old Irish word for white 2. Barra Pronunciation: Bar-a Meaning: Fair-haired 3. Banba Pronunciation: Ban-ba Meaning: One of the original goddess sister who founded Ireland 4. Branna Meaning: Raven 5. Caoilainn Pronunciation: Kay-lin Meaning: from the words 'caol' meaning slender and fionn meaning 'pure'. 6. Daire Pronunciation: Dar-a Meaning: Fruitful and fertile 7. Daireann Pronunciation: Dar-awn Meaning: Fruitful and bountiful 8. Dillon Pronunciation: Dil-on Meaning: From the Irish word 'dealan' meaning flash of lightning 9. Darcie Pronunciation: Dar-cee Meaning: Derived from the family name Ó Dorchaidhe meaning of the dark one, which may be slightly ominous sounding origins for a baby name but it is very pretty. 10. Enda Pronunciation: En-da Meaning: Bird 11. Eirnin Pronunciation: Air-nin Meaning: Iron 12. Fianna Pronunciation: Fee-ana Meaning: Ancient warrior army of Ireland 13. Faolan Pronunciation: Fwail-awn Meaning: from the word 'faol' meaning wolf 14. Murtagh Pronunciation: Mur-ta Meaning: Skills of the sea 15. Nollaig Pronunciation: null-ig Meaning: Christmas 16. Regan Pronunciation: Ree-gan Meaning: From the Irish word "rí" meaning king, it means king's child. 17. Tierney Pronunciation: Teer-nee Meaning: Lord or chief 18. Odhran Pronunciation: O-ran Meaning: dark haired 19. Radha Pronunciation: Row-a Meaning: Beautiful view from the Irish word 'radharc' meaning view or vision 20. Rionnach Pronunciation: Ree-in-ock Meaning: Royal from the Irish word 'Rí' meaning king