Female

• Aideen - Oscar's wife,he was grandson of Finn mac Cumhail.
• Ailis - (AY-lish) "noble, kind." Irish = Alice, from Norman French name Aliz.
• Aine - (AW-ne) Old Irish: aine "brilliance, wit, splendor, glory." Aine was the daughter of Fer I (Man of the Yew) and queen of the fairies of south Munster; was believed to live at Knockany (Cnoc Aine, "Aine's Hill"). Aina, Anne.
• Aisling - (AH-shleeng) Old Irish= aislinge "dream, or vision." Once a man's name, but now a popular woman's name. Also = Ashling.
• Alma - "good."
• Ana - (AW-ne) Ana, or Anu, Old Irish goddess a.k.a. Dana or Danu, mother goddess of the early settlers of Ireland, the Tuatha De Danaan.
• Aoife - (EE-fe) Old Irish= Aife,a goddess means "beautiful,or radiant." Aife = woman warrior After the hero Cu Chulainn, defeated her, she bore his only son, Connla.
• Artis - "noble", or "lofty hill."
• Banba - according to ancient Irish legend, Ireland was first called "the island of Banba of the women." One of the three goddesses of sovereignity who Amerigin met when he invaded Ireland.
• Bevin - (BAY-vin) Old Irish=be "woman" + binn "sweet, melodious." Name of several early Irish queens and saints, including a 12th C. abbess of Derry. Modern Irish Bebhinn.
• Binne - (BEE-ne) Old Irish=binn "sweet, melodious." Binne was the name of several fairy women in legend.
• Blair - a Celtic word meaning "from the plain."
• Blaithin - (BLAW-heen) Old Irish=blath "flower."
• Brenda - from the Irish word for "raven", and a feminine also can be the male name Brendan. Brenna.
• Briana - (BREE-a-na) Feminine also can be Brian.
• Brid - (BREED) Old Irish goddess name from Celtic brig "power, renown, mighty." Most famous woman saint of Ireland is Brigid (patron saint of scholars), who was abbess of Kildare, previously the site of the shrine of a pagan goddess of the same name. In myth, there were three sister goddesses of the Tuatha De Danaan named Brigid: goddess of poetry; goddess of healing; and the goddess of smith work. Brighid (BRI-jid), Bride, Brigid, Brigit, Bridget, Berget, Bridey, Bryg, Gitta. Nicknames - Bridie, Bidelia, Bidina, Breda.
• Bryg - (BREEG) from Celtic root brig "high, mighty." Name borne by 13 early saints. Variant of the name Brighid.
• Caitriona - (kaw-TREE-a-na) Irish= Catherine, brought by Normans.
• Cait (KAYT), Caitin (kay-TEEN), Caitlin (kayt-LEEN), Triona (TREE-a-na).
• Caoilinn - (KAY-leen) Old Irish=name Caelfind: cael "slender" + finn "bright, fair."
• Ceara - (KE-a-ra) Old Irish=name Cera, meaning may be "bright red." Cera was the name of a wife of Nemed, of legendary early invaders of Ireland.
• Cliona - (KLEE-a-na) Old Irish=name Clidna. In legend, Clidna was the name of one of the three beautiful daughters of the poet Manannan mac Lir. A fairy of the same name was the guardian spirit of the MacCarthys. Modern Irish Cliodhna.
• Clodagh - (KLOH-da) from the name of rivers in Counties Tipperary and Waterford.
• Colleen - derived from the Celtic word for "girl."
• Darby - from the word meaning "free."
• Daron - from the word meaning "great." Feminine version of Darren. Daryn, Daronica, Darnelle.
• Dealla - (DAWL-la) Name of a legendary early invader of Ireland, a companion of the woman leader Cessair.
• Delaney - "descendant of the challanger."
• Derry - from the Irish word meanig "redhead."
• Enya (EN-ya).
• Emer - (EE-mer or ah-VAIR) In legend, Emer was the wife of hero Cu Chulainn. She refused to marry him until he answered a series of riddles, for she would only marry the man who was her equal in noble birth, beauty and wisdom. She is said to have the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, chastity, needlework, sweet speech, voice, and wisdom. Her story is retold in William Butler Yeats' play The Only Jealousy of Emer. Eimer.
• Erin - "peace." The name for Ireland which comes from an ancient goddess whose name was Eriu. Eriu was one of the three queens of the Tuatha De Danann and daughter of the Dagda
• Fenella - feminine version of the name Finn. Fionnghuala.
• Fionnuala - (fi-NOO-a-la or fin-Noo-la) Old Irish=finn "bright, fair" + guala "shoulders." Popular in Middle Ages; later anglicized as Finola (fi-NOH-la); nickname Nuala (NOO-a-la). Fionnguala, Fionnula, Gweneth, Finvola, Fenella (Scotland).
• Flann - (FLAHN) Old Irish=flann "blood red." Flann has been the name of poets, scholars, abbots, saints, queens and kings. Flann Feorna was king of Kerry in the 8th C., and an ancestor of the O'Connors. Flannacan, Flanna.
• Flannery - from the Irish for "redhead."
• Glenna - from a Gaelic word meaning "glen" or "valley." Glynis.
• Grania - (GRAW-nya) Old Irish=grainne "grain, seed." Prob. name of an ancient Irish grain goddess.
• Jilleen - from the Latin name Juliane or Julius, meaning "youthful."
• Íde - (EED-uh) "thirSaint" Ida, Ita.
• Kacey - variant of Casie.
• Kaitlin - variant of Caitlin.
• Keara - "saint"; variant of Ceara.
• Keavy - "gentleness, beauty, grace."
• Keelin - "slender, fair." Keely, Keelia.
• Keena - from the Irish word for "brave." Kelly - from the Gaelic word for "warrior woman." At an ancient shrine of the goddess Brigit at Kildare, there were sacred priestesses and warrior women called kelles, and its possible the name and surname came from them.
• Kenna - version of male name Kenneth. Kennice.
• Kennocha - (ken-OH-kuh) "beauty."
• Kerry - from a Gaelic word for "dark, dark-haired"; Keriann.
• Kevyn - "beautiful." Keva.
• Kiley - from the word for "attractive." Kyli, Kylee.