Entry № 6133 · Irish origin

Macha Macha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-khah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Irish war goddess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "irish war goddess".

Macha is the Irish war goddess — one of the triple aspects of the Morrigan. Associated with sovereignty, horses, and the land of Ulster (Emain Macha was named for her). Her curse caused the warriors of Ulster to suffer the pains of childbirth in their hour of need.

Rare but iconic in Irish mythology.

Irish war goddess. The Ulster sovereignty.

The name in its native script.

Macha
Transliteration
Macha
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.xə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Macha stands.

Macha 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.

Machas before her.

Real people
Macha
Irish goddess.
In fiction
Macha
One of the Morrigan triad.
Irish mythology

Names connected to Macha.

The number behind Macha.

8

The Visionary

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