About names in Ireland
Ireland has seen a genuine, decades-long revival of Irish-language (Gaelic) given names — names like Saoirse, Fionn, and Aoife have moved from being distinctly Irish-speaking-region choices into mainstream use across the whole country, including among families with no Irish-language background at all. This shift tracks alongside a broader cultural revival of interest in the Irish language itself since the late twentieth century.
Traditional Catholic saint names also remain common, often carried as a middle name even when an Irish-language name is used as the first, reflecting how Ireland's naming customs blend its long Catholic history with its more recently reasserted linguistic identity.
Names covered for Ireland on this site
This page covers a curated set of widely recognized Irish names, split by gender below, rendered through the same engine as the interactive editor — including genuine Irish-language names, which can be trickier to spell correctly, making a ready-made worksheet especially useful. Any Irish name not yet listed can still be typed directly into the editor.
Using an Ireland name worksheet
Print at full size so Irish-language spellings, some with accented letters, stay clearly legible. For a classroom, the Teacher Worksheets tool generates one combined PDF with a worksheet per student from a pasted list.
Beyond name tracing for Irish families
Every Ireland name here also has a Name Pyramid and Name Missing Letter version — especially useful for practicing correct Irish-language spelling from memory. This site's other worksheet types share the identical engine and print layout.