21 irresistibly Irish baby names
kee-ar-ah) means "dark hair." From the Gaelic ciar, which means "black," this lyrical name is one of the more popular picks among Irish parents – possibly in homage to the seventh-century Irish saint. In the U.S., we have Ciara, a singer-songwriter from Texas, via Georgia, as bearer of this saintly name. Currently ranked #1,406. Clodagh Clodagh, though the spelling may make guesswork for Americans, is pronunced Clo-dah, just as it looks. It comes from the name of the River Clodagh (also spelled Clody) in County Waterford, Ireland; one story says an English aristocrat named his daughter af...