Irish Cat Names, Cat Names of Irish Origin, Page 2
Irish cat names have a musical lilt, a bit of emerald-isle mist, and a warmth that feels like a fire in a small pub on a rainy evening. If you carry Irish heritage, love the poetry of Yeats, or simply find yourself humming along to fiddle music, an Irish cat name wraps your kitten in centuries of storytelling, green hills, and the soft pleasure of a name that rolls off the tongue like a blessing.
Seamus (said 'SHAY-mus') is a warm boy's name meaning James; Siobhan (said 'shih-VAWN') is gorgeous for a girl; Finn means 'fair' and suits a cream tom; and Maeve, a legendary Irish queen, gives a female regal weight. Rory ('red king') fits a ginger kitten perfectly, while Niamh (said 'NEEV'), the Irish goddess of beauty, is ethereal and brief.
Try an Irish cat name with a warm voice and you will feel the lyric land. Pair these picks with our English cat names for a British Isles mix, or our grey cat names for misty moor matches. An Irish name gives your cat a soft song she carries through every ninth life.
Meanings, origins and pronunciations appear only for records with checked sources. Blank fields have not been verified. Gender and collection labels are browsing choices.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrick | Male | ||
| Carroll | Male | ||
| Carthach | Male | ||
| Carthage | Male | ||
| Cary | Male | ||
| Case | Male | ||
| Casee | Female | ||
| Casey | Male | ||
| Cassidy | Female | ||
| Cathal | Unisex | ||
| Chrissie | Unisex | ||
| Christy | Male | ||
| Ciara | Female | ||
| Claire | Female | ||
| Clancy | Male | ||
| Cody | Male | ||
| Colin | Male | ||
| Columbo | Male | ||
| Conan | Male | ||
| Connie | Male | ||
| Connor | Male | ||
| Corey | Male | ||
| Cornelius | Male | ||
| Cory | Male | ||
| Dagda | Unisex | ||
| Daley | Male | ||
| Damon | Male | ||
| Dara | Male | ||
| Darach | Male | ||
| Darby | Male | ||
| Darcy | Male | ||
| Deirdre | Female | ||
| Delaine | Male | ||
| Delancy | Male | ||
| Delane | Male | ||
| Delaney | Female | ||
| Delanie | Female | ||
| Delano | Male | ||
| Dempsey | Male | ||
| Deoradhain | Male | ||
| Derforgal | Female | ||
| Derforgala | Female | ||
| Derry | Male | ||
| Desmond | Male | ||
| Devin | Male | ||
| Devlin | Male | ||
| Donovan | Male | ||
| Dougal | Male | ||
| Doyle | Male | ||
| Duane | Male |
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