Top Irish baby names in America

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

Bridget: From the Irish name Brighid, meaning “exalted one.” St. Brigid is a patron saint of Ireland.

Patricia: This is the feminine form of Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint’s name which is Latin for “noble”

Shayla: Modern Anglicization of the Irish name Síle, meaning “blind.” Also Anglicized as “Sheila”

Tara: Anglicization of the old Irish name Teamhair, which means “eminence” or “distinction.” Also the name of the ancient hill in Co. Meath that was the center of pagan activity

Brenna: Modern feminine form of the name Brennan, an Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Braonáin, that can mean “sorrow”

Logan: From the Irish surname O’Loughan, which is often mistranslated to mean “duck,” which is actually from the Gaelic word “lacha”

Fiona: An Irish name (spelled Fíona) pronounced as “Feena,” meaning “vine”

Ryan: Feminine Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Ríain, meaning “descendent of the little king”