Irish or short, classic (?) girls name inspiration needed

[Blanketsandpillows]

We have not found a single girls name that we both like! We still have plenty of time but would love to have a list of possibilities-at the moment we have zero! I think ideally it would be either a name like Katie or Anna (I don't know how to describe those names!) or an Irish name. We wouldn't want the name to be longer than two syllables....and i guess nothing 'fancy'!
Any inspiration out there?
Names which are close but not quite right for us are; Aoife, Niamh, Emer, Mary, Lucy, Orla, Hannah, Sarah, Roisin, Emma, Ellen, Lily, Dara....

[JoanHarris]

Love Róisín here are some other irish girl ones:
Áine
Nuala
Sorcha
Gráinne
Maireád
English ones I like are Constance (Connie), Frances, Grace, Sally.

[BeaWheesht]

Ailish
Aoife
Mairead

[flyingsprocket]

Aisling
Caoimhe
Saoirse

[TakingTheStairs]

Tara
Ciara
Sorcha
Grainne
Fiona

[AbsintheMinded]

Deirdre
Sive / Sibhe (I've seen both spellings)
Siofra
Maeve / Méabh
Moira
Síobhan

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

Erin. Some people spell it Erinn. Its irish and classic and two syllables. :)

We loved this for DD2 but it didnt suit her in the end.

[JoanHarris]

Sorry Mairéad had fáda in wrong place

[PhyllisDoris]

I knew a Briege. I love that name.

[BikeRunSki]

Emer is Irish
Niamh

Emma

[wigglesrock]

Bronagh, Cara, Eve

[mathanxiety]

Classic names:

Rachel
Laura
Alice
Eva
Clara
Lara
Frances
Edith
Esme
Daphne

Irish names:
Fionnuala or Finola (maybe a bit long?)
Beibhinn (pr Bevin)
Caoilfhionn
Aoibheann
Ailbhe
Cara
Cliona/Cliodhna
Muireann
Doireann
Eithne (pr either Enya or Eth-neh)
Enda (unisex)
Nessa or Neassa
Nola (short for Fionnuala or Finola)
Nora (short for Honora/Onora)
Una
Riona

[DessieLou]

Lauren
Sophie
Marie
Alexa
Leila
Una
Hayley
Jenny
Naomi
Neva/Niva
Noa
Megan
Bethan
Mia/Maya /Mya

[anonymosity]

SHORT names I agree these are lovely - Orla, Una, Aine (pronounced onya)

[wiltingfast]

Sinead (shinaid)
Eilish (ileesh)
Aoibhinn (aaveen)
Brid is how you spell briege above. Fada on the i.

Enda is a boy's name! Never heard it attached to a girl.

Lisa
Judith
Julia
Sarah
Ruth
Mary
Janis
Jane
Colette

[wiltingfast]

And Erin is gaelic for Ireland, not an irish name as such.

[Northumberlandlass]

A ladt has just started in our office called Feirin - I have never heard it before but loved it.

[Northumberlandlass]

lady

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

Its a gaelic word used as a name. How isnt it irish?

[flyingsprocket]

Erin is a Gaelic word used as a name by Americans. So yes, you can say it's an Irish name as its in the Irish language but it's not a traditional Irish name as such

A little bit like Coleen which is derived from Cailín (meaning girl) used more by expats than Irish people.

[DarwinGirl]

Aoibhinn us actually pronounced Eve-een. 'Aoi' produces an 'ee' sound as in Aoife.

[PuffPants]

Erin is a beautiful name.

[HoneyandRum]

Nancy
Naomi (opps 3 syllables)
Betty
Clare
Bridget

[atthewelles]

Aine is actually pronounced Awn-ya and is the Irish for Anne.

I agree Erin is not actually an Irish name and would be considered quite an American type name over here.

Other Irish names you might like to consider are:

Enya
Nessa
Muireann (pronounced Mwirann)

I'm not sure if it's Irish but Moya is a name you hear reasonably often over here and would be a change from Maya and Mia. It's often used as a nn for Mary-Anne.

[ludog]

Moya and Enya are the Donegal pronunciations of Máire and Eithne.