Name

Name IRISH

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 119 births of Irish in the countries below, which represents an average of 1 birth of children bearing the first name Irish per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Irish
In Italiano

Nome Irish

Information about the first name Irish

The first name Irish has been assigned to:

4.20% to boys
95.80% to girls

The country where the first name Irish is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Irish

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Irish : Hiris, Hirsi, Ishir, Rishi, Shiri

Irish in Japanese ^*

Romaji	airisshu
Katakana	アイリッシュ
Hiragana	あいりっしゅ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Irish in sign language

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Irish in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Irish

English

Etymology

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Īwerjū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *piH-wer- (“fertile”), from *peyH- (literally “fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”).

Adjective

Irish (comparative more Irish, superlative most Irish)
Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
Pertaining to the Irish language.
(derogatory) nonsensical, daft or complex.

Anagrams

Rishi, rishi, sirih

Noun

Irish (countable and uncountable, plural Irish or Irishes)
(uncountable, obsolete) A board game of the tables family.
(uncountable, US) Temper; anger, passion.
(countable, uncountable) Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.

Pronunciation

enPR: ī'rĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/
enPR: īə'rĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/
(weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈaɪɹəʃ/
Hyphenation: Ir‧ish

Proper noun

Irish
(uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
(as plural) The Irish people.
A surname.

Proper noun (Usage notes)

Use Irishman, Irishwoman, Irish person, etc for one singular person.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)).

Alternative forms

Irishe, Irisse, Ireshe

Noun

Irish (uncountable)
Irish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈiːriʃ/

Noun (Descendants)

English: Irish
Yola: Eeerish, Eerish

Popularity of the name Irish

Number of IRISH births per year

Popularity of the name Irish

Total births of Irish by country

		Births with the first name Irish
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	0 91
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	1 10
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	0 7
	Italy 1999 - 2021	3 2
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	1 2
	Austria 1984 - 2021	0 1
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	0 1