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Best Irish Girl Names

Irish baby names have been well used for girls outside the Emerald Isle for decades, but there's a new wave of Irish girl names that sound fresh and intriguing. Some of these beautiful Irish names for girls, such as Aoife, Niamh, and Fiadh, have been in Ireland's Top 100 for years, and are just starting to catch on in England and the US too.

All of these unique Irish girl names rank outside of the US Top 1000. Along with Aoife and Fiadh, Irish girl names that are rare in the US but common in Ireland include Caoimhe, Róisín, Ciara, Clodagh, Éabha, Sadhbh, Aoibhín, and Áine. Formerly obscure Irish names, such as Saoirse and Bellamy, are now rising in the US, and many of these choices could have similar trajectories.

Here are some of our favorite rare Irish names for girls. You may also want to expand your search to our full list of Irish girl names. Or go here for a list of the best Irish baby names for boys.

Lovella

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Feminine of Lovell
2651
Lady

Meaning: noble

Origin:English; diminutive of Adelaide
3450
Leafy

Meaning: relief

Origin:Diminutive of Relief, word name
7245
Lacey

Meaning: from Lassy

Origin:English
977
Lilly

Meaning: lily

Origin:English flower name
997
Lupin

Meaning: pertaining to the wolf

Origin:Flower, animal, and literary name, from Latin
1928
Laisha

Meaning: living, prosperous

Origin:Invented name, combining La prefix with Aisha, Arabic and Swahili
4204
Lolly The name Lolly is derived from the foot name...
Origin:Spanish
2826
Lynx Lynx is a powerful and unique name with root...
Origin:Animal name
1821
Origin:English
5688
Leviathan

Meaning: twisted, coiled; in modern Hebrew - whale

Origin:Hebrew
1807
Lapis

Meaning: azure blue stone

Origin:Persian
1963
Lucine

Meaning: moon

Origin:Armenian
2167
Lizar

Meaning: Ash tree

Origin:Basque tree name
7233
Lupita The name Lupita is of Spanish origin and the...
Origin:Spanish, “little wolf”
2934
Lester The meaning of Lester is from the English ci...
Origin:English place-name; phonetic form of Leicester
1730
Livana

Meaning: the moon, white

Origin:Hebrew
1986
Lucretius

Meaning: wealth

Origin:Latin clan name
2634
Lexus The name Lexus is of Greek origins, and it i...
Origin:Greek variation of a diminutive of Alexis
7985
Liadan

Meaning: grey lady

Origin:Irish
2433