Entry № 79 · Irish origin

Achall Achall — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-khill /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Died of grief (Cú Chulainn's friend)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "died of grief (cú chulainn's friend)".

Achall is from the Old Irish achlaim (lament). In Irish mythology, Achall was the daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer, sister of Erc — she died of grief at her brother's death by Cú Chulainn. The Hill of Achall, modern Hill of Skreen near the Hill of Tara, is named for her burial mound.

Featured in the Ulster Cycle.

Died of grief. The Irish girl whose brother was killed by Cú Chulainn.

The name in its native script.

Achall
Transliteration
Achall
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.xɪl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Achall stands.

Achall does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Achalls before her.

Real people
Achall
Irish mythological figure.
In fiction
Achall
Ulster Cycle.

Names connected to Achall.

The number behind Achall.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Achall reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.