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Irish cat names

Irish names are full of colour words that suit cats perfectly. Ciara and Kieran mean dark, Fionn means fair, and Rory, Flynn and Aiden are all about red hair and fire, which is why so many ginger cats end up with them.

Myth adds Niamh, Aoife, Oisin, Brigid and Maeve, the warrior queen of Connacht, and the Morrígan, phantom queen of crows.

22 names below, each with its meaning and origin.

Girl names 10

  • Aoife

    "Beauty, radiance"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Banshee

    "Fairy woman"; a wailing spirit

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Brigid

    "Exalted one"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Ciara

    "Dark-haired"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Fiadh

    "Wild"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Maeve

    The warrior queen of Connacht

    Irish origin, female, 1 syllable

  • Morrigan

    Phantom queen of Irish myth, linked to crows

    Irish origin, female, 3 syllables

  • Niamh

    "Bright, radiant"

    Irish origin, female, 1 syllable

  • Orla

    "Golden princess"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

  • Saoirse

    "Freedom"

    Irish origin, female, 2 syllables

Boy names 11

  • Aiden

    "Little fire"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Bran

    "Raven"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Darragh

    "Oak"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Fionn

    "Fair, white"; the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Flynn

    "Son of the red-haired one"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

  • Kieran

    "Little dark one"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Moriarty

    Sherlock Holmes's criminal mastermind

    Irish origin, male, 3 syllables

  • Oisin

    "Little deer"; the poet-warrior of legend

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Ronan

    "Little seal"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Rory

    "Red king"

    Irish origin, male, 2 syllables

  • Tadhg

    "Poet"

    Irish origin, male, 1 syllable

Unisex names 1

  • Rowan

    Tree with red berries; "little red one"

    Irish origin, unisex, 2 syllables

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