Fionnghuala (reformed spelling: Fionnuala ) is an Irish language feminine given name.
Fionnghuala was a highly popular woman's name in medieval Ireland. It continues to be used, as well as in the forms Fionnuala and Nuala. The meaning of Fionnghuala is 'fair-shouldered', which is interpreted as fair headed.
A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames, distinct from patronyms, which are seen in Icelandic names, for example. The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is a man, a woman, or a woman married to a man, who adopts his surname.
Béḃinn or Bé Binn, in modern orthography Béibhinn, is an early Irish personal and mythological name. In some sources Béḃinn is a goddess associated with birth and the sister of the river-goddess, Boann. Béḃinn is also described as being an underworld goddess in both Irish and Welsh mythology, inhabiting either the Irish underworld Mag Mell or the Welsh Annwn, although it is unknown which is the original source.
Derbforgaill, Dearbhfhorgaill or Dearbhfhorghaill may refer to:
Nuala is an Irish feminine given name, derived from Irish mythology - being either a diminutive form of Fionnuala, the daughter of Lir, or an alternate name for Úna, wife of Finvarra, king of the fairies.
Aibhilín is the Irish form of the Norman name Aveline.
Dubhchobhlaigh or Dubh Cobhlaigh is an Irish language feminine given name.
Mór is an Irish language feminine given name.
Aifric is an Irish language feminine given name. Affraic is attested as a name borne by women of Gaelic background, between the 8th and 15th centuries. Described as "now very rare" in 1923, it has been revived somewhat in Ireland as part of a general increase in the use of Irish-language names.
Síle, Gaelic-Irish female given name.
Raghnailt, Norse-Gaelic female given name.
Órlaith is a feminine Irish given name. The meaning of the name derives from the Irish words ór "golden" and flaith "prince", though since names formed with "flaith" are almost exclusively feminine, it is usually interpreted as meaning "princess". The name is sometimes anglicised as Orla or Orlagh.
Muireann is an Irish-language feminine given name.
Mór Muman is a Gaelic-Irish female given name.
Gormfhlaith is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "blue princess" or "illustrious princess".
Lann is an Irish language feminine given name.
Étaín is an Irish feminine given name. It is sometimes anglicised as Aideen.
Dubh Essa was a medieval Gaelic feminine given name, fairly common in 13th- and 14th-century Ireland.
Bean Mhídhe is a Gaelic-Irish female given name.
Ben Muman is a Gaelic-Irish female given name.
Cacht is an Irish language female given name.