Male Names Female Names
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| Moriath: | daughter of a Gaelic king, she was wooed and won by Craiftine. |
| Morna: | from muirne "beloved, affection." |
| Morrigan: | (MOHR-ee-gan) called the Great Queen, Irish goddess of war, but never took part in a battle. Later tales have her as the queen of the Fairies. Morrighan, Morgan. |
| Moya: | "great." |
| Muadhnait: | from muad "noble, good." A Saint Muadnat founded a monastery in Drumcliffe, County Sligo. |
| Muireann: | (MEER-an or MOHR-in) "of the long hair"; from Old Irish muir "sea", may also mean "sea-white" or "sea-fair." Wife of Finn mac Cumhaill's son Oisin. A legendary Queen Muireann was ancestrss of the kings of Connacht. Four abbesses of Kildare also had this name. Morrin. |
| Muirgheal: | (MOHR-e-guhl) "sea-bright" or "sea-fair." Muirgel, Murel, Muriel. |
| Muirin: | (MEER-een) Old Irish=muir "sea" + gein "birth" or "born of the sea." In the 6th C., a 300 year old pagan mermaid with this name was captured in Lough Neagh by fisherman of Saint Comgall. Comgall baptized her, enabling her to go to heaven. Muirgen, Muirenn. |
| Muiriol: | (MEER-ol) Old Irish=Muirgel muir "sea" + gel " bright, shining." Muirol was the name of several early queens of Leinster. |
| Muirne: | (MEER-ne) Ancient name meaning "high-spirited." Muirne Munchaem (Lovely-Shouldered Muirne) was the mother of Finn mac Cumhaill. Myrna, Morna. |
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