Cool Irish Names for Babies » (Original)

PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN and LINDA ROSENKRANTZ are the bestselling baby-naming experts on Parenting.com and the authors of Cool Names, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana (now in its fifth edition and soon to be revised as Beyond Ava & Aiden) and The Baby Name Bible, which have sold over a million copies. Pam lives in Montclair, New Jersey, and Linda in Los Angeles, California.

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....