Irish Boy Names

bluejeanbabi05 · March 2017

DH is half Irish, and if baby is a boy we like the idea of an Irish name. (I've had my girls name picked out since I was 16, lol) We don't want anything *too* Irish or hard to pronounce, as our family here in the US is pretty traditional and non-Irish.

Truly, both of us are in love with Liam and that will probably be it, but we don't love how high it is on the popularity lists. My name, Jessica, is super common and it got a little annoying to be surrounded by a million Jessica's in school, lol.

Middle name Ryan, let's pretend the last name is Morgan as the real one is pretty similar with that -an sound making some names difficult (i.e. Aidan Morgan, nope!)

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

Bringmemylongswordho · March 2017

So here's the thing. Names aren't as common as they used to be. Let's take your name, Jessica. Let's swing back to 1987, peak Jessica. Ranked number 1, 55,990 girls named Jessica. Now let's compare Jessica of 1987 to Emma of today. 2015s number 1 name. 20,355 were named Emma. It's still a lot of girls named Emma, but not the same level of saturation as Jessica was in its hey day.

Which brings us to Liam. Rank 2, 18,281 boys named Liam. He might have a classmate named Liam. Maybe two if the statistic gods frown upon you. So it's common, but not as common as Jessica was. Since you've said that you both love the name, I'd think on it more since it's not quite the same level as what you're thinking.

As far as other Irish (ish. I'm gonna go with the anglicanized versions/more common variants) names that go with Ryan

Alastair Ryan
Casey Ryan
Conall Ryan
Duane Ryan
Finley Ryan
Geralt Ryan
Murdoch Ryan
Neil Ryan
Oscar Ryan

leighry · March 2017

I've always love Seamus. I think Seamus Ryan goes well.

Also
Conor
Gerald
Callum
Padraic/Padraig

mb0112 · March 2017

Seamus
Sean
Dermott
Connor
Patrick
Cormac
Rory

jessafishy · March 2017

A lot of the Irish boy names I like don't go well with Ryan! Here are the ones I like the best.

Connor Ryan
Liam Ryan
Garrett Ryan

Ashley1153 · March 2017

My favorite Irish boys names that I don't think are as common are Declan, Finn, Connall, Callan, and Rafferty.

bluejeanbabi05 · March 2017

I'm glad you ladies like Liam!! Good point @Bringmemylongswordho

I also love Finn @ashley1153 but DH shot it down, sad face.

Thanks for all the suggestions

saham07 · March 2017

Daniel
Quinn
William nn Liam
Sean

MamaWren919 · March 2017

Names aren't as common as the Jessicas (I'm a Jennifer), but I teach in an elementary school, and I'll just be honest and say Liams are a dime a dozen. It just doesn't feel unique or special or like "oh I love that name!" anymore. I think you have much better suggestions: Connor, Sean, Declan, Callan, Garrett

cantrellja · March 2017

Lots and lots of Liams (and even more Finns) where I live. I would choose something more distinctive:

Cormac
Hugh (love this)
Brendan
Brody
Niall
Pierce
Grady

MrsCFB · March 2017

Liam is a great name! Use it!

alcrimmins · March 2017

We had this same debate so I went to nameberry.com and looked up Irish names. Luckily it didn't pull up millions of names and not too many crazy ones. I think if you both love Liam, then go with it! Good luck!

Mamabeagle · March 2017

Niall. So good.

lm45678 · March 2017

If you both love Liam, then use it!

magsugar13 · March 2017

seamus is my all time favorite

kes21615 · March 2017

Kieran

canonmom413 · March 2017

I love the name Liam! And Liam Ryan is cute yet will be a great name in a professional world too.

mangomimosa · March 2017

Personally I feel that Liam Ryan is indeed a cute name -- but that's the thing. Cute is cute on a baby. He'll be a man before you know it -- I would go for William Ryan nn Liam so he can at least have the full name at the top of a resume. I also don't like two, 2-syllable, 4-letter names together. Maybe find a different middle if you love Liam?

Liam Alexander?
Liam James?
Liam Andrew?

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