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Doireann Doireann — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Daughter of Cairbre"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "daughter of cairbre".

Doireann is from the Irish Doireann — Irish Gaelic feminine name (possibly dáire fruitful + fionn fair). Doireann is one of the Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish mythological + Gaelic heritage.

Daughter of Cairbre (Irish Gaelic).

The name in its native script.

Doireann
Transliteration
Doireann
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʌr.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Doireann stands.

Doireann 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.

Doireanns before her.

Real people
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Irish-language poet + A Ghost in the Throat 2020 James Tait Black Prize 2021.
born 1981
In fiction
Doireann (Fenian Cycle)
Irish mythology daughter of Bodb Derg.

Names connected to Doireann.

The number behind Doireann.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Doireann reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.