List of Gaelic Baby Names Meanings

Eimear

(EE-mur)

MEANING: Eimear possessed the “Six Gifts of Womanhood” – “beauty, a gentle voice, sweet words, wisdom, needlework and chastity!” She was bethrothed to the warrior Cuchulainn (read the legend) when they were children and they loved each other very deeply.

Meaning: Quick Origin: Gaelic

Eimhir

(AE-veer)

Meaning of name Eimhir. Etymology : Scottish form of EMER. Saint : Origin : Scottish.

Meaning: Quick Origin: Gaelic, Scottish

Eithne

(ETH-na/ET-na/EN-ya/EN-a)

Eithne is a female personal name of Irish origin. The meaning is "kernel" or "grain". Other spellings and earlier forms include Ethnea, Ethlend, Ethnen, Ethlenn, Ethnenn, Eithene, Ethne, Aithne, Enya, Ena, Edna, Etney, Eithnenn, Eithlenn, Eithna, Ethni, Edlend, Edlenn.

Meaning: Little seed, kernel Origin: Gaelic

Emer

(EE-mur)

In Irish legend Emer was the wife of Cuchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.

Meaning: Quick Origin: Gaelic

Enya

(EN-ya)

Listen and learn how to pronounce Enya so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: eithne means “kernel of a nut or seed" but it may also be related to Aidan meaning “little fire." There are at least nine St. Eithnes. One 6th century St. Eithne was the mother of St. Columba.

Meaning: Little seed, kernel Origin: Gaelic

Erskine

(UR-skien)

Erskine is a Scottish surname. ... The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Arascain. Legend dictates that the name was given by King Malcolm II to a man who killed the Danish General Enrique at the Battle of Murthill. He is said to have shown the bloody knife to king and said eris-skyne, meaning "upon the knife".

Meaning: Over the knife Origin: English, Gaelic, Irish, Scottish

Etna

(ET-nah)

Contribute your knowledge to the name Etna Mount Etna is a volcano in Italy. ... Etna is an anglicized version of the Irish girl's name Eithne.

Meaning: Little seed, kernel Origin: Gaelic

Evander

(ee-VAN-dər)

Variant of Evandrus, the Latin form of the Greek name Ευανδρος (Euandros), derived from Greek ευ (eu) meaning "good" and ανηρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Roman mythology Evander was an Arcadian hero of the Trojan War who founded the city of Pallantium near the spot where Rome was later built.

Meaning: Good man Origin: Gaelic, Greek

Evin

(EV-ən)

Evin is a given name and surname that can be a variant of Evan, and which means "God is gracious." The name is relatively rare.

Meaning: God is merciful Origin: Gaelic, Hebrew

Ewen

(YOO-in)

Related names. Ewan, Euan, Eoghan, Ivan, Owen. Ewan is a male given name, most common throughout Scotland and Canada, due to the influence of Scots in that country. It is a derivative of the Pictish name, Vuen (or 'Wen'), which is the Pictish British cognate of Eoghan in Gaelic. It is also, less commonly, a surname.

Meaning: Of the yew tree Origin: Gaelic