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Overview

Irish baby-naming is a hip culture full of gorgeous, often littleknown names whose original bearers were kings and queens, mythological heroes and heroines, saints and fairies. So what are some of the coolest, most appealing Irish baby names?

• Names For Your Little Redhead: Cochrann, Róisín, and Scarlett (for girls) and Reed, Roan, and Alroy (for boys)

• Unisex Names: Campbell, Darcy, Delaney, and Magee

• Celeb Names: Aidan Quinn, Cillian Murphy, Cormac McCarthy, Eoin Colfer, Liam Neeson, and Saoirse Ronan

• Stage Names from the great Irish playwrights: Chloe, Deirdre, Eliza, and Juno

• Mythological Names: Aine, a fairy queen who would love no man but Finn; and Gael, the hero for whom the Irish race is named.

And hundreds of other inspired and inspiring choices....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312539122
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/03/2009
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Pamela Redmond Satran is the author of two novels about motherhood, Babes in Captivity and The Man I Should Have Married. She is a contributing editor to Parenting magazine, a columnist for Baby Talk, and a frequent contributor to such publications as Glamour and Bon Appetit. With Linda Rosenkrantz Finch, she is also a bestselling Baby-naming expert on Parenting.com, selling over a million copies of books such as Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana and Cool Names for Babies.

Linda Rosenkrantz is the author of Telegram! Modern History as Told Through More than 400 Witty, Poignant and Revealing Telegrams and the memoir, My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood. In addition to writing articles for numerous magazines, she writes a nationally syndicated column on collectibles. Rosenkrantz is also a bestselling baby-naming expert on Parenting.com and coauthor, with Pamela Redmond Satran, of popular books including The Baby Name Bible, Cool Names for Babies and Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Chapter one

IRISH IN AMERICA

For many years, lively Irish names have been a prime export to the UK and the U.S.—dating back to the eras of Bridget, Kathleen and Eileen, Kevin, Kelly, Brian, Shannon, and Sean. The last couple of decades have seen a new, ever- increasing burst of popularity of Irish names as reflected in the latest report from the Social Security Administration of the top names in the United States. Below are the names with Irish brogues currently on those lists, starting with the most popular and including old per sis tent favorites like Ryan and Brian, newer and cooler entries like Maeve and Kellen, hip surnames like Finnegan and Sullivan, and those that have become unisex, such as Riley and Finley.

THE TOP IRISH NAMES IN THE USA

Girls

RILEY

KENNEDY

KEIRA/KIERA

CASSIDY

KELLY

McKENNA

CAITLIN

CIARA

BRIDGET

TEAGAN

KATHLEEN

SHANNON

RYAN

CASEY

AILEEN

TARA

QUINN

MAEVE

KEELY

FINLEY

IRELAND

SHEA

boys

AIDAN/AIDEN

RYAN

BRANDON

KEVIN

CONNOR/CONNER/CONOR

SEAN

BRIAN/BRYAN

LIAM

BRADY

BRODY

RILEY/REILLY

PATRICK

COLIN

NOLAN

SHAWN

SHANE

DONOVAN

BRENDAN

KEEGAN/KEAGAN

QUINN

BRENNAN

CASEY

GRADY

DECLAN

DARREN

ROWAN

FINN

SHAUN

MICHEAL (Irish spelling)

KELLEN

MILO

RONAN

BLAINE

KIERAN

TYRONE

FINNEGAN

KEENAN

BECKETT

SULLIVAN

SEAMUS

CULLEN

FINLEY

RORY

KILLIAN

REAGAN

Excerpted from Cool Irish names FOR BABIES by PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN & LINDA ROSENKRANTZ

Published in March 2009 by St. Martin's Press

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