Irish Dog Names

Everyone loves the Irish, so why not name your dog in their honour? Here are some beautiful Irish dog names, perfect for setters, shepherds and retrievers.

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• Aghy

  Friend of horses
• Aidan

  Little fiery one
• Aine

  Friendly
• Angus

  Scottishexceptional
• Anlon

  Champion
• Beacan

  "Little beacon of light"
• Bono

  Diminutive Form Of Names In Bon-
• Brayden

  Son Of Bradan
• Breeze

  Strong
• Brendan

  Prince
• Brian

  High, Noble
• Brody

  From muddy place
• Carbry

  Charioteer
• Carrick

  Rock
• Cashel

  Fortress
• Cedric

  English ???“ chief
• Cian

  Ancient
• Clancy

  Ruddy warrior
• Colin

  Diminutive Form Of Nicholas
• Collins

  Family Of Coilean
• Conan

  Hound, Wolf
• Connell

  Mighty
• Connor

  Descendent Of Hound, Desire
• Cormac

  Destroying Son
• Covey

  Hound of the plains
• Cowan

  Dweller at a hollow
• Cullen

  Holly
• Darby

  Liberty
• Darren

  Of Unknown Meaning
• Davey

  Beloved
• Declan

  Full of goodness
• Dermot

  Free man
• Desmond

  Place Name In Ireland
• Donnelly

  Brown-haired Chieftain
• Donny

  Mighty; dark.
• Donovan

  Little Brown One
• Doyle

  Dark Foreigner
• Duff

  Dark
• Eamon

  Guardian
• Eloy

  Red-haired youth
• Evan

  Little swift one
• Fergus

  Superior
• Finley

  Fair-haired hero
• Finn

  Clear, fair or white
• Finnegan

  White / fair
• Finnian

  Little fair one
• Finnley

  Fair Warrior/Hero
• Flannery

  Descendant Of The Red Warrior
• Flynn

  Descendant Of The Red-haired Man
• Galen

  Calm
• Gallagher

  Descendant Of The Lover Of Foreigners
• Gerard

  Spear carrier
• Grady

  Descendant of the noble or illustrious one
• Griffin

  A lion-eagle in iranian mythology.
• Ian

  Gaelic form of john
• Kane

  Little battler
• Keely

  Beautiful
• Keiran

  Little Black-Haired One
• Kelly

  Intelligent
• Kennedy

  Misshapen Head
• Kevin

  Handsome, Beautiful
• Kian

  Old, Ancient
• Kieran

  Dark
• Killian

  Church, Monk's Cell
• Kirby

  From The Village With The Church
• Leary

  Keeper of Calves
• Lia

  weary
• Liam

  Strong willed
• Lorcan

  Little Wild One
• Lucky

  Fortunate
• Maguire

  Son of Hugh/Gaelic.
• Mannix

  Monk
• McDougal

  Scottish family clan.
• McErnie

  Scottish family surname.
• Milligan

  Brave, strong leader.
• Niall

  Champion
• Nolan

  Little Proud One
• Norris

  Scottish ???“ from the north
• Paddy

  Pet Name of Patrick
• Patrick

  Nobleman
• Peterson

  Son Of Peter
• Pierce

  Rock
• Quinn

  Wise
• Rhys

  Passion, Enthusiasm
• Riley

  Small stream
• Rogan

  Red-Haired
• Ronan

  Little seal
• Roy

  Red
• Seamus

  Supplanter
• Sean

  God is Gracious
• Sorley

  Viking / Summer Traveler
• Sullivan

  Dark-eyed
• Tiernan

  Little Lord
• Troy

  An acient city in Greek mythology.
• Winnie

  Whales - blessed reconciliation