List of Gaelic Baby Names Meanings

Moray

(MUR-ee)

Scottish Meaning: The name Moray is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Moray is: Sea. A Scottish surname and place name.

Meaning: From an area near the sea Origin: Gaelic

Morna

(MAWR-nah)

Gaelic Meaning: The name Morna is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Morna is: Beloved.

Meaning: Merry Origin: Gaelic, Irish, Scottish

Muirne

(MOR-na)

Meaning of the Irish name Muirne. Listen and learn how to pronounce Muirne so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: muirne means “high-spirited, festive.” Muirne loved Conall who was from an opposing tribe.

Meaning: Merry Origin: Gaelic

Munro

(mun-ROE)

The name Munro is a Scottish baby name. In Scottish the meaning of the name Munro is: Man from Ro.

Meaning: Bald, Red Origin: Gaelic, Scottish

Murdoch

(MURD-ək)

Murdoch Name Meaning. Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal names Muire(adh)ach, a derivative of muir 'sea' (hence the usual translation as 'mariner') and Murchadh 'sea battler'.

Meaning: Seaman or mariner Origin: Gaelic

Muriel

(MYOO-ree-əl)

Muriel is an English name derived from Celtic elements meaning "sea" and "bright"

Meaning: Shiny sea Origin: Gaelic

Murphy

(MUR-fee)

The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: "Ó Murchadha"/"Ó Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), and "Mac Murchaidh"/"Mac Murchadh" (son of "Murchadh") derived from the Irish personal name "Murchadh", which meant sea-warrior or sea-battler. (Muir meaning sea and cath meaning battle).

Meaning: Seaman or mariner Origin: Gaelic

Murray

(MUR-ee)

Murray is an extremely common surname throughout Ireland, being among the top twenty most numerous. It can be of Scottish or Irish origin. The Scottish origins of the name applied to people from the region in Scotland, called Moray, which means "settlement by the sea" - the Irish Muireb means 'seafarer'.

Meaning: From an area near the sea Origin: Gaelic

Myrna

(MUR-na)

Mirna (Croatian/Mirna Serbian/Мирна) is a female name common among Croats and Serbs. Derived from the Slavic element mir, Mirna means "peaceful." It is often confused with the name 'Myrna' (/myrrhna/), which is not Slavic in origin, but Celtic and means "beloved", also "tender".

Meaning: Merry Origin: Gaelic

Nealon

(NEEL-ən)

Nealon is a surname of Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Nialláin meaning "descendant of Niallán". ... The name refers to: Donie Nealon (b. 1935), Irish hurler.

Meaning: Coming from clouds Origin: Gaelic