Most popular Irish baby names in America

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Kaitlyn: American form of the Irish Caitlín (Irish version of Catherine)

Makayla: Another modern creation possibly stemming from the Irish man’s name “Cadhla,” meaning slender

Kaylee: This name is a modern invention based on the names Kay and Lee, but it also sounds like “céilí,” the Irish word for a gathering

Kylie: Usually considered an Australian Aboriginal name meaning “boomerang,” but like the name Kayla, it’s also a form of Kiley, an Anglicization of the Irish name Cadhla, meaning “slender”

Riley: Riley is an English surname meaning “rye field” or an Anglicization of the Irish surname O’Reilly, or Ó Raghaillaigh, meaning from “descendent of Raghaillaigh,” an Irish chieftan

Erin: A poetic name for Ireland. The name is not usually used in Ireland, but it’s recently gained in popularity in the North

Claire: This is a French name meaning “clear,” but “Clare,” an alternate spelling, is a county in Ireland

Molly: Irish pet form of Mary, or Mallaidh in Irish, that means “star of the sea”

Kennedy: Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Cinnéide, meaning “helmet head”

Kelly: Anglicization of the Irish surname “Ó Ceallaigh,” which possibly means “brave warrior”

Cassidy: Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Casaide, which hasan obscure meaning but may translate to “clever” or “curly-headed”

Ashlyn: Anglicization of the Irish name Aislinn (or Aisling), meaning “dream” or “vision”

Kiara: Form of Ciara, pronounced “KEE a ra,” an Irish name meaning “dark.” Often pronounced “see-Ahr-a” in the U.S.

Reagan: Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Ríagáin, which comes from “sovereign” or “king”

Delaney: Anglicization of the Irish surname “Ó Dubhshláine, meaning “descendant of the dark-haired man of the River Slaney”

Alana: Feminine form of the name Alan, which means “handsome.” Also an Anglicization of “a leanbh, an Irish term of endearment meaning “O child”

Mckenna: Anglicization of the Irish surname MacCionnaith, interpreted as both “ardent love” and “firesprung”

Brenda: Feminine form of the Irish name Brendan, an Anglicization of the Irish saint Breandán/Breannain whose name means“prince”

Shannon: Area and river in Ireland that possibly means “little wise one”

Kara: Form of Cara, the Irish word for “friend”

Kira: Another Anglicization of Ciara, an Irish name meaning “dark”

Kathleen: Another Anglicization of the Irish Caitlín, a form of Catherine

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