Most popular Irish baby names in America

None of these names are what we would call Irish, more of a modern day fad. My grandaughters name is Dóireann, pronounced Dirran, thats what we call irish. Thomas- Tomás, pronounced Ta moss. John-Seán, pronounced Shaun. James-Séamas, pronounced shaymuss. Patrick- Pádraig, pronounced porage. Kathleen - Caitlín. Mary- Mháire. etc.

Please note that the following names are either unknown or practically unheard of in Ireland: Brandon, Kyle (Scotland or Northern Ireland), Cody, Riley, Brayden, Tristan, Brady, Brody, Dorian, Kayla, Megan, Kaitlyn, Makayla, Kaylee, Erin, Kiara, Kara, Kira, Shayla, Tara. The following names are surnames (family names) in Ireland and are never used as first names: Logan, Reilly, Caden, Nolan, Keegan, Griffin, Brennan, Quinn, Kennedy, Cassidy, Reagan, Delaney, McKenna, Shannon, Brennan.

One of my college pals is named Gunner.

nambek12: Whata's so difficult about pronouncing "Cian"? Am I missing something?

Here in America the most popular names here is John for Boys and Girls is Ashley. I have 3 great Nephew names Nicholas as in Nick alot of Italian used this name as well. Ryan and John with is my name as well and my late father and grandfather name are John.

Well, interesting but I would take exception to some of the meanings. In particular, Makayla is the feminine of Michael, written Michaela or Micheala and is becoming more popular in Ireland.

We just welcomed a new baby into our family - a great nephen was named Cian! It seems to be the "in-thing" to try and find something way out there and different but what trouble lies ahead when no one in school will be able to pronounce it just because the parents wanted to be different!