Boys
Lennan - (LAN-awn) Old Irish work meaning "lover, sweetheart." Leannan.
Liam - (LEE-am) "resolute protector, unwavering protector." Irish= William, short for Uilliam, derived from name Guillaume, introduced to Ireland by Normans.
Lir - father of Manannan mac Lir, his second wife turned his other four children into swans.
Lochlainn - (LOCH-lan or LOX-lin) Old Irish=word for the land of the Vikings. In fairy tales, Lochlainn was the imaginary abode of the princess-who-must-be-rescued. Popular in
Middle Ages. Lochlain, Lakeland, Laughlin, Lochlyn, Loughlin.
Loegaire - Cu Chulainn's charioteer who went to Mag Mell with him to rescue its queen from abductors; another tale says he died from a spear meant for the hero.
Lonan - (LYO-nawn) Old Irish=lon "blackbird" + dim. suffix -an. Eight early saints had this name, including Saint Lonan Finn.
Lorcan - (LOR-kawn) Old Irish=lorc "fierce" or "cruel" + dim. suffix -an. Several early kings with this name. Saint Lorcan O Tuathail (Laurence O'Toole) was archbishhop of Dublin at
the time of the Norman invasion.
Girls
Aedammair - from aedh "fire." Aodhamair.
Aideen - Oscar's wife,he was grandson of Finn mac Cumhail.
Ailionora - (e-le-NOH-ra) Irish = Eleanor.
Ailis - (AY-lish) "noble, kind." Irish = Alice, from Norman French name Aliz.
Aine - (AW-ne) Old Irish: aine "brilliance, wit, splendor, glory." Aine was the daughter of Fer I (Man of the Yew) and queen of the fairies of south Munster; was believed to live at Knockany (Cnoc Aine, "Aine's Hill"). Aina, Anne.
Airmid - (AIR-mit) daughter of a physician Dian Cecht who was one of the Tuatha De Danann, an expert in the use of herbs for medicinal purposes.
Aisling - (AH-shleeng) Old Irish= aislinge "dream, or vision." Once a man's name, but now a popular woman's name. Also = Ashling.
Alma - "good."
Ana - (AW-ne) Ana, or Anu, Old Irish goddess a.k.a. Dana or Danu, mother goddess of the early settlers of Ireland, the Tuatha De Danaan.
Andraste - "victory." British war goddess worshipped by Queen Boadicia.
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