If you have a very basic understanding of the language, you can easily pronounce the names. Gaeilge is a very phonetical language (if you know how the letters sound, you'll know how to pronounce them)
Zorán wouldn't be a traditional Irish name, as there is no Z in the traditional Irish Alphabet. Maybe an anglicised version of Sárán? (means Noble Chief). Any of the names with an Sh- spelling are also non-traditional as an sh- in Irish is produced with a slender S spelling (a la Siobhán). If we add an h (Shiobhan) then Shiv-awn become Hiv-awn. So for example the traditional spelling of Shea is Sé. Not that there's anything wrong with spelling it Shea, but it is not a traditional Irish spelling of the name! ; )
i tried googling the name meaning for zoran and i found somewhere that it said the meaning was “dawn” or “daybreak”. i’m not irish so i’m not sure how true this is ❤️
In Croatian, "Zoran" means "morning" or "dawn" ("Zora" in Croatian is "dawn") so I wonder if that might be a similar root of it's meaning as an Irish name?
Where is Devin? That's my name and it's clearly a Gender neutral Irish name as well as a common name. I knew a few Devin' s from 🇮🇪 it means Fawn or Poet
ayy! My name is Caolan, except spelt different but that's exactly how you pronounce it- my parents wanted Caolan but didn't like the spelling lol. Surprised to hear my name!
Loved that you mentioned my name. I'm Canadian born but my Mother is fiercely Irish and we were literally bathed in the culture. I'm nearly 46 now and for many years I never met another Regan and, I admit I didn't always love my name. I've grown out of that however. I enjoy your vids, well done!
The reason you couldn't find anything about "Zorán" is because it isn't real. You can tell because there is no letter z in the Irish language. There is also no j, k, q, v, w, or y, so anything with those letters has either been Anglicized or just isn't Irish.
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@@Mashariki_0 Alright thank you! I've just been really interested in learning an actual african language and swahili seems the most common. It's good to know that I can get around with my 2 languages.
Zoran is also a Serbian name, and also some other Slavic countries have it, and it comes from word zora, which means dawn. It is a male name. Female version would be Zorana or Zora or Zorica (little Dawn). Serbs mixed with Celts back in the day so perhaps the name was picked up by one from the other, or it's just a coincidence that it exists in both countries.
I've always loved the name Zora, fell in love with the name Zoran (please excuse the incorrect spelling, I don't know how to do the accent mark) as soon as I heard it in this video, and fell in love with each of these variations lol.
this!! I love Irish names, and I know a lot get transliterated into English, so I'd be interested to know if any well-known English names have Irish origins or name-worthy translations.
Does this blogger ever answer your questions? I've asked her several questions and she never answers. We named our daughter Mallory and it was my husband's grandmother's maiden name she was from Ireland.
First up, that’s an English name from the French name malheuré, (old French meaning “unhappy”) and it’s Mealairín in Irish. So it’s Norse, migrating from Northern France, through England (Leicester ), then to Ireland during the Norman conquest. Your version came from England. The name was Nobel so there’s plenty of information via English publications.
I worked for a uk company for 19 years, you can imagine the fun I had explaining my name Bríd 😀 I was called bird most days or Bree and bread by my Scottish colleagues 😂
I have met quite a few Faolan’s here in the states but spelled Fallon (pronounced Fal-in) and I love it. That name and Conagh is first on our baby girl name list along with Pearson.
The name 'Zoran' is a fairly common male name in the Slavic countries of the Balkans. It is the male version, and the female version is 'Zorana', "Zora', 'Zorka' and means 'dawn'. :)
Zoran is a male name in my country(Croatia) and countries in our sorounding. There is a female name Zora. It means dawn. There is one other Zorica(little zora or little dawn). Who would of thought we have that in comon
Yay my name is featured for the first time ever in a video for baby names (as you can see from my username) and my name is pronounced ree-gun; i HATE it when people say ray-gun because that would be spelt reagan but yeah im happy my name has finally been recognised 💚
Ok...I love when you say emm...others might say umm...emm is much better! Love your videos and the way you completely investigate and give every spelling, pronunciation, meaning and other trivia re every name! Listening to you is quite relaxing. 🙈🙉🙊
Thats funny because even though I'm pretty sure she's irish most of what she says sounds quite american. Like the emmm is probably the only part where she sounds irish.
I've listened again and when she says fada, she sounds quite irish. Its funny though when she says "irish" she sound really american. When she says enda it sounds irish. When she says "lot" it sounds american. "Taoiseach" obviously sounds irish. "version" also sounds american. When she says "one" it sounds american. Ye definitly irish but she seems to have spent a lot of time in the states
Hey there Irish folks! I`d like to know whether "Sean" is also gender neutral, albeit more popular for boys? Or strictly male, and Sean Young is just a wilful exception?? - Very awesome / interestinng video, thank you to WolfeMomma.
Seán is the Irish for 'John', and thus it's only been used in a masculine sense afaik, at least in Ireland and in a traditional sense. Seána (Shawna) is the modern female version.
I’ve really enjoyed all your naming videos! They’ve been so useful for character naming, and I love how thorough you are with pronunciations and meanings! Thank you for putting these lists together! 💜
My fiancé’s name is Jordan. That’s so cool what his name would be in Irish. And I go by Kasey so it’s extra interesting to see what my nick name would be in Irish. Lol it would be more of a pain spelling that than my real name that’s already spelled differently. 😅 I love Irish names but sadly I’d never go for any because I live in the states and I know the hell that child would go through having to explain the spelling and pronunciation of their name.
My name is Jordan but i like Siúirtán loads more cus im from Northern Ireland I always felt "Jordan" sounds weird to me as a name. It was mostly a boys name in my special needs school so if "Jordan"! Was called, both me and the boys would yell "Yes??' It was confusing. Im Siúirtán from now on
I found Zoran on Behind The name Search Results. The site says that Zoran is Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian but doesn't say Irish, it's posted as Masculine and a form of the Feminine name, Zora, so I clicked on that one. so Zora is Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, again, Irish was not included. Under meaning and history, it says: From a South and West Slavic word meaning "dawn, aurora". All I could find, sorry. Hope this helps a little! :)
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Finally, Kerry makes a list! LOL! Someone asked me what my nickname was, "Uh, it's Kerry." "But what are you called for short." "Yup, still Kerry." My mom will call me a short Keh (Brooklyn accent), but no one else shortens it.
I watched the Girl names video and the Boy names video and am noticing a pattern. When you spell the pronunciation, you take out half or more of the letters. What's up with that?
perhaps you can help me. i was raised in the Scottish higlands but a lot of my family is from Wicklow. i have no idea whence my name came. i have tried to research it mesel to no avail. personally i think my gran made it up to torture me. do you know anything about Eneurian. i grew up pronouncing it in yur' ian. doesn't seem to be Scottish Gaelic nor anything else i can find!
I have heard of the name Aneurin might be the same name but different spelling and variation ?? with the spelling Aneurin, the name is thought to come from Welsh, meaning man of honor or truly golden depending on the source. Hope I helped you a bit 🤗
@@saskiajj1039 thank you for your reply. this is very helpful. i will try to run down some welsh trails and see what i canna find. thank you again.................e
Please, keep these Irish names alive, they're all so unique and sounds beautiful :)
I love the traditional irish names also i adore the irish accent, im from australia
love this video my name is Keelin! My nana is from Dublin and my grandpa is from Galway. Proud to be Irish ☘️ 🇮🇪❤️
I would love a video with more Irish Saints! The stories are so cool and the names are so unique that no one knows how to pronounce them!
I've never met a person named the same as I am before 🙈
If you have a very basic understanding of the language, you can easily pronounce the names. Gaeilge is a very phonetical language (if you know how the letters sound, you'll know how to pronounce them)
I think Zoran must be from some other language because there is no Z in the original Irish alphabet.
Sounds Greek.
Or it could originally have been 2 letters together sounding as one.
My sister worked in Italy. They don't have 'th' in their vocabulary, so had difficulty saying her name 'Ruth.' 😃
I believe it is Yugoslav
Yea, Zoran couldn’t be Irish (in Z in Irish alphabet). It’s a nice name though. Google seems to indicate it might be Slavic.
Zorán wouldn't be a traditional Irish name, as there is no Z in the traditional Irish Alphabet. Maybe an anglicised version of Sárán? (means Noble Chief). Any of the names with an Sh- spelling are also non-traditional as an sh- in Irish is produced with a slender S spelling (a la Siobhán). If we add an h (Shiobhan) then Shiv-awn become Hiv-awn. So for example the traditional spelling of Shea is Sé.
Not that there's anything wrong with spelling it Shea, but it is not a traditional Irish spelling of the name! ; )
My cousin married a man from Poland whose name was Zorán.
@@mariannereuter, Zoran is a traditional Slavic name that means dawn or daybreak according to Wikipedia.
I was thinking it could be Samhrán
i tried googling the name meaning for zoran and i found somewhere that it said the meaning was “dawn” or “daybreak”. i’m not irish so i’m not sure how true this is ❤️
"Zora" means dawn in most slavic languages. So Zora would be the female version, while Zoran is the male version.
In Croatian, "Zoran" means "morning" or "dawn" ("Zora" in Croatian is "dawn") so I wonder if that might be a similar root of it's meaning as an Irish name?
It could, at a push, be Samhrán (sow-rawn) but it couldn't be Zorán because there's no letter Z in the Irish langauge.
Hello! Very interesting! What do you say about "Finnigan", or "Finnegan", is that a "Gender Neutral Irish Name"?
My name is Shae :) I am so surprised my name was in this!
I love the name.
Shanley is my favourite name from this list 😍❤ I wanna name myself Shanley 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Where is Devin? That's my name and it's clearly a Gender neutral Irish name as well as a common name. I knew a few Devin' s from 🇮🇪 it means Fawn or Poet
Greetings from ancient Galiza. Gailisis
ayy! My name is Caolan, except spelt different but that's exactly how you pronounce it- my parents wanted Caolan but didn't like the spelling lol. Surprised to hear my name!
Our daughter is a Caoilinn.
@@kimberlys655 it's a good name! ;)
How do you pronounce Cosmas? Male name...Thank you.
My names Erin and it means Ireland I think
Erin Mckeown me too! And yeah it does
Yes .. Erin Go Bragh
@@erinrose6645 I'm an Erin Rose too!!
@@erinbond-hernandez1681 omggggggg I’ve never come across another Erin Rose heyyyyy
@@erinrose6645 one of my pals is actually an Erin Rose too, so there's 3 of us!!!
Irish surnames
You got daireann totally wrong..
Haha we call my grandfather Taoiseach!
The whole comment section is about people saying Zorán is not Irish....
NO
My mother would turn over in her grave listening to this. Pity your other videos are great as well.
Considering there is no “Z” in the Irish alphabet, Zorán is a stretch.
Loved that you mentioned my name. I'm Canadian born but my Mother is fiercely Irish and we were literally bathed in the culture. I'm nearly 46 now and for many years I never met another Regan and, I admit I didn't always love my name. I've grown out of that however. I enjoy your vids, well done!
The reason you couldn't find anything about "Zorán" is because it isn't real. You can tell because there is no letter z in the Irish language. There is also no j, k, q, v, w, or y, so anything with those letters has either been Anglicized or just isn't Irish.
Zoran is a traditional Slavic name that means dawn or daybreak according to Wikipedia.
@@bsteven885 It may be Slavic sure, but certainly not Irish.
It was likely imported over the centuries as peoples mixed, so I'm going to offer a half-correction: it's not native Irish.
I love how words and names have different meanings in different cultures, Enda in Swahili means go
Nice! Would you say swahili is the most common language used in Africa (other than arabic)? I'd like to learn the most common
@@WhyUA-camWhy hi, the most commonly used languages in Africa are French and English, depending on the country. Swahili is mostly used in parts East Africa and it's being taught in South Africa. I'd recommend doing research on the country you'd like to visit. Mozambique is the Brazil of Africa 😀, they speak Portuguese and in Equatorial Guniea the speak Spanish. Other than those 2 countries, even Arabic speaking countries like Egypt and Somalia speak English.
@@Mashariki_0 Alright thank you! I've just been really interested in learning an actual african language and swahili seems the most common. It's good to know that I can get around with my 2 languages.
Zoran is also a Serbian name, and also some other Slavic countries have it, and it comes from word zora, which means dawn. It is a male name. Female version would be Zorana or Zora or Zorica (little Dawn). Serbs mixed with Celts back in the day so perhaps the name was picked up by one from the other, or it's just a coincidence that it exists in both countries.
I've always loved the name Zora, fell in love with the name Zoran (please excuse the incorrect spelling, I don't know how to do the accent mark) as soon as I heard it in this video, and fell in love with each of these variations lol.
Zoran - a common Slavic name (feminine is Zora). It means early in the day or dawn. It's my partner's name!
It's a gorgeous name. 💕
I would love to see more English names that have Irish roots and hear the meaning
this!! I love Irish names, and I know a lot get transliterated into English, so I'd be interested to know if any well-known English names have Irish origins or name-worthy translations.
Does this blogger ever answer your questions? I've asked her several questions and she never answers. We named our daughter Mallory and it was my husband's grandmother's maiden name she was from Ireland.
First up, that’s an English name from the French name malheuré, (old French meaning “unhappy”) and it’s Mealairín in Irish. So it’s Norse, migrating from Northern France, through England (Leicester ), then to Ireland during the Norman conquest. Your version came from England. The name was Nobel so there’s plenty of information via English publications.
I have Irish ancestors so I love learning about Irish culture. These names are very interesting
I worked for a uk company for 19 years, you can imagine the fun I had explaining my name Bríd 😀 I was called bird most days or Bree and bread by my Scottish colleagues 😂
They must've been fools. It's such an easy name to pronounce and spell!
Is it pronounced Bray?
Thank you for this! My middle name is a variation on the name Caolan and it’s so cool to know the history!
I have met quite a few Faolan’s here in the states but spelled Fallon (pronounced Fal-in) and I love it. That name and Conagh is first on our baby girl name list along with Pearson.
The name 'Zoran' is a fairly common male name in the Slavic countries of the Balkans. It is the male version, and the female version is 'Zorana', "Zora', 'Zorka' and means 'dawn'. :)
Éalaigh is my favourite one in this video 🙃
I love Éalaigh too 💗
I know the Scottish spelling is Eilidh. Same pronunciation.
Zoran is a male name in my country(Croatia) and countries in our sorounding. There is a female name Zora. It means dawn. There is one other Zorica(little zora or little dawn). Who would of thought we have that in comon
I really enjoy your videos. Do you speak Celtic? Did I get that right? If so, a video of that would be fabulous.
The language is called Irish. There are six Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.
Daithí Oíche thank you. That’s helpful.
@@Bonasita2 and Irish Gaelic is actually called Gaeilge. Scots Gaelic is derived from the Irish.
LOVE your videos! I hope you keep it up long after you've run out of Irish names to talk about!
My son is called Caolán - we prononce it as keelan . Not the ways you explained 🙈☹️
She does say Keelan as another variation
Yay my name is featured for the first time ever in a video for baby names (as you can see from my username) and my name is pronounced ree-gun; i HATE it when people say ray-gun because that would be spelt reagan but yeah im happy my name has finally been recognised 💚
Ok...I love when you say emm...others might say umm...emm is much better! Love your videos and the way you completely investigate and give every spelling, pronunciation, meaning and other trivia re every name! Listening to you is quite relaxing. 🙈🙉🙊
Thats funny because even though I'm pretty sure she's irish most of what she says sounds quite american. Like the emmm is probably the only part where she sounds irish.
I've listened again and when she says fada, she sounds quite irish.
Its funny though when she says "irish" she sound really american.
When she says enda it sounds irish.
When she says "lot" it sounds american.
"Taoiseach" obviously sounds irish.
"version" also sounds american.
When she says "one" it sounds american.
Ye definitly irish but she seems to have spent a lot of time in the states
Your building up the subs
When I started watching which was not to long ago
U had 5k
Thanks so much for watching since then! :) 💗
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Hey there Irish folks! I`d like to know whether "Sean" is also gender neutral, albeit more popular for boys? Or strictly male, and Sean Young is just a wilful exception?? - Very awesome / interestinng video, thank you to WolfeMomma.
I think it's heterosexual. May have been spelled 'Sian' in some places.
Seán is the Irish for 'John', and thus it's only been used in a masculine sense afaik, at least in Ireland and in a traditional sense. Seána (Shawna) is the modern female version.
Sean would be definitely male. Shauna female
Rowan is another one. Irish for tree.
Zoran is a form of zora it history meaning is Dawn ,Daybreak ur welcome
Is Maura a irish name I've always wondered that?
Zoran definition is dawn or daybreak
[Takes notes]
A lot of my tabletop characters are nonbinary and have ties to Irish mythology so
This is very useful.
Woohoo shout out to Casey! I'm going to start calling him Ca-ha-sig
I’ve really enjoyed all your naming videos! They’ve been so useful for character naming, and I love how thorough you are with pronunciations and meanings! Thank you for putting these lists together! 💜
My fiancé’s name is Jordan. That’s so cool what his name would be in Irish. And I go by Kasey so it’s extra interesting to see what my nick name would be in Irish. Lol it would be more of a pain spelling that than my real name that’s already spelled differently. 😅 I love Irish names but sadly I’d never go for any because I live in the states and I know the hell that child would go through having to explain the spelling and pronunciation of their name.
I would love to see how “Seath” is pronounced, as a unisex name. It looked like on line that it’s from “Sithech”
I just wanted to say that the character in the Marvel Comics movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" is "Groot" David Joseph
Just name your child whiskey or scotch, those names are neutral enough
I like:Shay\Shae
Shanley
Ailbe
I really enjoy your videos. I know it can be difficult. So here's a real thank from me and mine.😎
I clicked on this video just to see if my name would be there hehe (spoiler: it is)
Would Áine a gender neutral name?
I'm Irish and I haven't heard of half these names.
Thank you, always wanted to know the proper Irish pronunciation.
i was deflated until i saw your comment.
Hello Cathasaigh! 👋😄
thank you so so much!
You're very good looking. Nice eyes
That was an interesting one, thank you.
Can you throw Ó Casaide in here?
Id love to see a grocery hauls plz
I 💚 ur name vids
RYAN & RIAN
Thank You!
This also reminds me of how my name was one of the last called in school.😄
😅😅 I hated getting called last!
My name is Jordan but i like Siúirtán loads more cus im from Northern Ireland
I always felt "Jordan" sounds weird to me as a name. It was mostly a boys name in my special needs school so if "Jordan"! Was called, both me and the boys would yell "Yes??' It was confusing.
Im Siúirtán from now on
can you please do girl names for boys
@Nim Boo i dont know what that means
@Nim Boo Fuck off Nimbo Bimbo
My daughter is called Rory. We love it so much.
I found Zoran on Behind The name Search Results. The site says that Zoran is Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian but doesn't say Irish, it's posted as Masculine and a form of the Feminine name, Zora, so I clicked on that one. so Zora is Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, again, Irish was not included. Under meaning and history, it says: From a South and West Slavic word meaning "dawn, aurora". All I could find, sorry. Hope this helps a little! :)
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Thank you so much for your help and advice,i do appreciate your job.I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Take care and have a good time. All the best.
Your Student from Algeria.
Go raibh mile maith agat, a Mhamai Mac TIre. 👍👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
I've seen the name Teagan used and wondered if this was an Irish gender neutral name. Would it sound the same way as Regan?
I'd love for you to do a video and include my name Cushla! I'd love to know if it's common or not in Ireland
Plz help me
Is Ayla an Irish name?!
What are your kids names.
Love that my name was mentioned :)
It's beautiful and on my list of names for a future daughter.
Finally, Kerry makes a list! LOL! Someone asked me what my nickname was, "Uh, it's Kerry." "But what are you called for short." "Yup, still Kerry." My mom will call me a short Keh (Brooklyn accent), but no one else shortens it.
But it was never found on any bicycle license plates for kids ... :-(
Wow you look very good and you have very nice smiles!! (:
What video(s) do you have on parenting? Thank you!
I watched the Girl names video and the Boy names video and am noticing a pattern. When you spell the pronunciation, you take out half or more of the letters. What's up with that?
William Cullen thats the irish way
Ayo- trans Irish boy looking for a new name 👌
Odhran can also be pronounced Ow rawn
I used to babysit for a Regan. Lovely little girl, lovely name. ❤️
Ends is the English version of eanna
does anybody what that Eanna means?
I wish this video existed before I changed my name p:
I knew a Zoran who was Croatian. :)
Go raibh maith agat, alainn mac tire.
How do you pronounce Clisaire?
oooh my faves are shea, keelan, and shanley :)
Ealaigh is also a name in Scotland but is written Eilidh
My parents were ahead of their time naming me so :)
You left out Ryan!
Ailbe's story sounds like romulus and remus
well in germany we had a guy with the name noble wolf and he was fallin big time. if nobody else did that joke.
wtf
My cousin is Kerry and my dad is Carey. Pronounced the same way 😂
Some people from New York pronounce the "a" as in "at" -- very flat. Most Americans would pronounce them the same way, though.
perhaps you can help me. i was raised in the Scottish higlands but a lot of my family is from Wicklow. i have no idea whence my name came. i have tried to research it mesel to no avail. personally i think my gran made it up to torture me. do you know anything about Eneurian. i grew up pronouncing it in yur' ian. doesn't seem to be Scottish Gaelic nor anything else i can find!
I have heard of the name Aneurin might be the same name but different spelling and variation ??
with the spelling Aneurin, the name is thought to come from Welsh, meaning man of honor or truly golden depending on the source. Hope I helped you a bit
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@@saskiajj1039 thank you for your reply. this is very helpful. i will try to run down some welsh trails and see what i canna find. thank you again.................e