Irish Mythology Names
Irish mythology offers fierce queens, poets, warriors, and travelers to the otherworld. This collection includes Irish spellings and established English forms, with each name tied to a particular character or story.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A warrior of the Fianna and son of Oisin. | 1,620#223 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
An English form of Fionn, the leader of the Fianna. | 1,702#206 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
An English form of Medb, queen of Connacht in the Tain. | 3,153#76 | Up 98 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An English form of Conchobar, the king of Ulster in heroic legend. | 292#845 | Down 441 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
The tragic heroine of the story of the sons of Uisliu. | 13#7,987 | Down 983 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
A familiar form of Aengus, a divine figure associated with love and youth. | 58#2,363 | Down 337 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
A divine figure associated with poetry and skilled crafts. | 61#2,784 | Down 364 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
The father of Lugh in Irish myth. | 148#1,310 | Up 151 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Niall of the Nine Hostages belongs to Ireland's legendary kingship tradition. | 96#1,706 | Up 423 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A figure associated with the otherworld and the landscape of Munster. | 39#3,780 | Down 498 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
The otherworld woman who takes Oisin to Tir na nOg. | 43#3,560 | Up 679 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
A divine figure associated with battle and prophecy. | 63#2,742 | Up 738 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Conall Cernach is a warrior of the Ulster Cycle. | 19#5,073 | Down 910 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Fionn mac Cumhaill leads the Fianna in Irish heroic tales. | 25#4,170 | Up 141 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Fergus mac Roich is a major figure of the Ulster Cycle. | 19#5,091 | Up 1,310 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The warrior-poet whose journey to Tir na nOg is widely retold. | 22#4,659 | Down 1,114 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
An English form of Diarmuid. | —Unranked | — | 1969 | ||
A member of the Tuatha De Danann, central to the Dream of Aengus. | 6#10,718 | new | 2014 | ||
The heroine of the pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne. | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
The wife of Cu Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle. | —Unranked | — | 2002 | ||
The hero of the pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne. | —Unranked | — | 2013 | ||
The many-skilled divine figure associated with the Tuatha De Danann. | 5#13,161 | new | 2021 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.