Abaigeal - (AB-i-gel) "father's joy". Abigail, Abaigh, Abbie, Abby, Abbey. Abigail is also an anglicized form of Irish Gobnait, reasons unclear.

Addie - Irish pet form of Adelaide.

Aedammair - from the word aedh "fire". Aodhamair.

Affrica - (Gael) "pleasant, agreeable". Name of a 12th Century queen of
the Isle of Man, not from the continent. Africa, Afric, Afrika.

Agata - "good"; variant of Greek name Agatha.

Aghna - (EH-nuh or EE-nuh) "gentle, pure". Irish for Agnes. Aigneis, Ina.

�ghaist�n - (IrGael) cognate of Augustine, feminine form of Latin name Augustinus. Aibhist�n.

Aideen - wife of Oscar, grandson of Finn mac Cumhail. Variant of Etain.

Aifric - (A-frik) (Celt) "pleasant"; Afric, Africa, Aphria.

Aign�is - (AG-nesh) "gentle, pure". Aghna, Agnes.

Ailbhe - (AL-vyuh) "noble, bright". From Celtic albho, "white". Ailbe (AL-fe), Alvy, Elva [boy's name also]). Anglicized Alby, Albert for males.

Aileen - "light"; Irish version of Eileen and/or Ellen. Ailey, Eibhlin.

Ailidh - (AY-lee) "noble, kind". Alley.

Ailionora - (AY-lee-NOH-ra) Irish form of Eleanor.

Ail�s - (AY-lish) "noble, kind". Irish form of Alice, derived from Norman French name Aliz. Alicia, Elsha, Ailis, Ailse, Alice.

Ail�se - form of Alicia, which is a form of Alice.

Alls�n - form of Alison, dim. of Alice. Allison, Allyson, Alyson.

Aimil�ona - (a-mil-EE-nuh) "industrious". Amelia.

�ine - (AN-yuh or AW-ne) from Old Irish aine "brilliance, wit, splendor, glory"; "joy", "brightness", "fasting", "praise", or "radiance". In legend, Aine was the daughter of Fer I (Man of the Yew) and the traditional name of the queen of fairies of south Munster, an important and varied role in Celtic mythology; was believed to dwell at the place now called Knockany (Cnoc Aine, "Aine's Hill").
Also used as an Irish form of Aina, Anne, Ann.

Aingeal - (AN-gel) "messenger". Irish Gaelic word for angel; an IrGael
form of Angela, the fem. form of Latin male name Angelus. Angela.

Ainsley - "one's own meadow"; occasionally used as a female name; probably
originally a local name, either Annesley in Nottinghamshire, from Old English An "one, only" + leah "wood or clearing";
or Ansley in Warwickshire, from OE ansetl "hermitage" + leah. Ainslee.

Airmid - (AIR-mit) daughter of physician Dian Cecht and one of the Tuatha
De Danann, and an expert in the use of herbs for medicinal purposes.

Aisling - (ASH-ling or AH-shleeng) (IrGael) from Old Irish aislinge meaning "dream, vision, inspiration".
Once a man's name, but currently popular as a woman's name. Adopted as a given
name as part of the Irish revival in the 20th C. Aislinn, Ashling.

Aithne - (ATH-nyuh) "fire". Aine, Ena, Ethne.

Alana - (AH-lah-nah) "attractive, fair, peaceful". Influenced by the Anglo-Irish
term of endearment alannah, Gaelic a leanbh "O child". Alaina, Alannah, Alanna.

Alastr�ona - (al-is-TREE-nah) "defender of mankind"; feminine form of
Alistair. Alastrina, Alastrine, Alexandra, Alexandrina.

Alby - anglicized from of Ailbhe.

Alma - (Celt) "all good"; from Latin almus "loving, good".

Alva - Irish anglicized form of Gaelic name Almha. Uncertain origin; earlier form Almu.

Alvy - variant of Elva.

Alyson - form of Alice, "noble"; Allison, Allyson, Alison.

Ana - (AW-ne) Old Irish goddess name. Ana, or Anu, also known as Dana
or Danu, was the mother goddess of the mythic early settlers of Ireland, the
Tuatha De Danaan.

Andraste - "victory". British war goddess worshipped by Queen Boadicea
(Gaelic Boudicca).

�nna - (differs from native Aine) "grace". Anne.

Annst�s - (AN-stahs) "resurrection". Anastasia.

Anu - (AW-noo or AN-oo) Mother of the goddess of the Tuatha De Danann,
Anu or Ana (AW-nee), who was the goddess of fertility, cattle, good health, prosperity,
and plenty. Anann.

Aodhnait - (EH-nat) ancient Irish name of unknown meaning. Enat, Ena, Eny.

Aoibheann - ((W)EE-vuhn) ancient Irish name; traditional, meaning "foar

form" or "beautiful sheen". Aoibhin, Aoibhinn, anglicized Eavan.

Aoife - (EE-fe or (W)EE-fyuh) "life, beautiful, or radiant". Of uncertain
origin; probably a derivative of aoibh "beauty". In a tale of apprenticeship
of the Ulster hero Cu Chulainn, Aife was the fiercest woman warrior in the world.
After the hero defeated her, she bore his only son, Connla. Aife, sometimes anglicized Eva.

Areinh - (A-reen)(Gael) "pledge".

Arlana - (Celt) "pledge". Arlene.

Artis - "noble" or "lofty hill".

Asthore - from a stoir "loved one".

Attracta - Irish Latinized version attractus "attracted, drawn" of
Gaelic name Athracht. St. Athracht or Attracta was a contemporary of St. Patrick who lived as a recluse in Sligo.