Names in Ogham
Each name page shows the Irish form, the Ogham, and every fid with its medieval tree name. English equivalents are conventional pairings. Names that need J, W, Y, or X are given an Irish form instead of a guessed stroke.
Start with the Irish. Then cut the strokes.
Irish names first
These pages use the Irish or established Gaelic form for the inscription. English pairings are labeled when they are conventional, not one-to-one translations. Cannot find a name? Use the translator.
Women
Aoife
Aoife · EE-fa
ᚅᚔᚐᚋᚆNiamh
Niamh · NEEV
ᚄᚐᚑᚔᚏᚄᚓSaoirse
Saoirse · SEER-sha
ᚋᚓᚐᚁᚆMéabh
Maeve · MAYV
ᚄᚔᚑᚁᚆᚐᚅSiobhán
Siobhán · shi-VAWN
ᚉᚔᚐᚏᚐCiara
Ciara · KEER-a
ᚑᚏᚂᚐÓrla
Orla · OR-la
ᚌᚏᚐᚔᚅᚅᚓGráinne
Gráinne · GRAWN-ya
ᚇᚓᚔᚏᚇᚏᚓDeirdre
Deirdre · DEER-dra
ᚁᚏᚔᚇBríd
Brigid · BREED
ᚃᚔᚐᚇᚆFiadh
Fiadh · FEE-ah
ᚓᚔᚋᚓᚐᚏEimear
Emer · EE-mer
ᚐᚔᚅᚓÁine
Áine · AWN-ye
ᚏᚑᚔᚄᚔᚅRóisín
Róisín · ro-SHEEN
ᚉᚂᚑᚇᚐᚌᚆClodagh
Clodagh · CLO-da
ᚅᚒᚐᚂᚐNuala
Nuala · NOO-la
ᚄᚔᚅᚓᚐᚇSinéad
Sinéad · shi-NAYD
ᚒᚅᚐÚna
Úna · OO-na
ᚉᚐᚑᚔᚋᚆᚓCaoimhe
Caoimhe · KWEE-va
ᚐᚔᚄᚂᚔᚍAisling
Aisling · ASH-ling
ᚄᚐᚇᚆᚁᚆSadhbh
Sadhbh · SIVE
ᚄᚑᚏᚉᚆᚐSorcha
Sorcha · SUR-kha
ᚈᚏᚓᚐᚄᚐTreasa
Treasa · TRASS-a
ᚋᚒᚔᚏᚓᚐᚅᚅMuireann
Muireann · MWIR-in
ᚑᚏᚂᚐᚔᚈᚆÓrlaith
Orlaith · OR-la
ᚁᚂᚐᚈᚆᚅᚐᚔᚇBláthnaid
Bláthnaid · BLAW-nid
ᚃᚔᚑᚅᚐFíona
Fiona · FEE-oh-na
ᚉᚐᚏᚐCara
Cara · KAR-a
ᚋᚓᚐᚁᚆMéabh
Maeve · MAYV
ᚁᚏᚔᚇBríd
Bridget · BRIJ-it
Men
Conor
Conor · CON-or
ᚉᚔᚐᚅCian
Cian · KEE-an
ᚉᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚅCillian
Cillian · KILL-ee-an
ᚑᚔᚄᚔᚅOisín
Oisín · uh-SHEEN
ᚈᚐᚇᚆᚌTadhg
Tadhg · TYG
ᚚᚐᚇᚏᚐᚔᚌPádraig
Patrick · PAW-drig
ᚄᚓᚐᚅSeán
John · SHAWN
ᚂᚔᚐᚋLiam
Liam · LEE-um
ᚅᚔᚐᚂᚂNiall
Niall · NEE-al
ᚑᚄᚉᚐᚏOscar
Oscar · OS-car
ᚉᚑᚏᚋᚐᚉCormac
Cormac · COR-mac
ᚇᚔᚐᚏᚋᚒᚔᚇDiarmuid
Dermot · DEER-mid
ᚃᚔᚑᚅᚅFionn
Finn · FYUN
ᚉᚔᚐᚏᚐᚅCiarán
Kieran · KEER-awn
ᚇᚐᚏᚏᚐᚌᚆDarragh
Darragh · DAR-ra
ᚓᚑᚔᚅEoin
Eoin · OH-in
ᚑᚇᚆᚏᚐᚅOdhrán
Oran · OH-rawn
ᚏᚒᚐᚔᚏᚔRuairí
Rory · ROO-a-ree
ᚉᚐᚈᚆᚐᚂCathal
Cathal · KA-hal
ᚇᚑᚅᚐᚂDónal
Donal · DOH-nal
ᚓᚑᚌᚆᚐᚅEoghan
Owen · OH-in
ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚒᚄFergus
Fergus · FER-gus
ᚂᚑᚏᚉᚐᚅLorcán
Lorcán · LOR-kawn
ᚉᚑᚂᚋColm
Colm · KOL-um
ᚇᚐᚔᚈᚆᚔDáithí
Dáithí · DAH-hee
ᚃᚔᚅᚈᚐᚅFintan
Fintan · FIN-tan
ᚁᚏᚓᚐᚅᚇᚐᚅBreandán
Brendan · BREN-dan
ᚐᚑᚇᚐᚅAodán
Aidan · AY-dawn
ᚏᚑᚅᚐᚅRónán
Ronan · RO-nawn
ᚁᚏᚔᚐᚅBrian
Brian · BREE-an
ᚃᚔᚅᚅFinn
Finn · FIN
ᚐᚑᚇᚐᚅAodán
Aiden · AY-den
ᚉᚔᚐᚏᚐᚅCiarán
Kieran · KEER-awn
ᚏᚒᚐᚔᚏᚔRuairí
Rory · ROH-ree
ᚚᚐᚇᚏᚐᚔᚌPádraig
Patrick · PAT-rick
ᚄᚓᚐᚅSeán
John · JON
A–Z
A
Aoife
Aoife · EE-fa
ᚐᚔᚄᚂᚔᚍAisling
Aisling · ASH-ling
ᚐᚑᚇᚐᚅAodán
Aidan · AY-dawn
ᚐᚑᚇᚐᚅAodán
Aiden · AY-den
B
Bríd
Brigid · BREED
ᚁᚂᚐᚈᚆᚅᚐᚔᚇBláthnaid
Bláthnaid · BLAW-nid
ᚁᚏᚓᚐᚅᚇᚐᚅBreandán
Brendan · BREN-dan
ᚁᚏᚔᚐᚅBrian
Brian · BREE-an
ᚁᚏᚔᚇBríd
Bridget · BRIJ-it
C
Ciara
Ciara · KEER-a
ᚉᚂᚑᚇᚐᚌᚆClodagh
Clodagh · CLO-da
ᚉᚐᚑᚔᚋᚆᚓCaoimhe
Caoimhe · KWEE-va
ᚉᚐᚏᚐCara
Cara · KAR-a
ᚉᚑᚅᚑᚏConor
Conor · CON-or
ᚉᚔᚐᚅCian
Cian · KEE-an
ᚉᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚅCillian
Cillian · KILL-ee-an
ᚉᚑᚏᚋᚐᚉCormac
Cormac · COR-mac
ᚉᚐᚈᚆᚐᚂCathal
Cathal · KA-hal
ᚉᚑᚂᚋColm
Colm · KOL-um
D
Deirdre
Deirdre · DEER-dra
ᚇᚔᚐᚏᚋᚒᚔᚇDiarmuid
Dermot · DEER-mid
ᚇᚐᚏᚏᚐᚌᚆDarragh
Darragh · DAR-ra
ᚇᚑᚅᚐᚂDónal
Donal · DOH-nal
ᚇᚐᚔᚈᚆᚔDáithí
Dáithí · DAH-hee
E
F
Fiadh
Fiadh · FEE-ah
ᚃᚔᚑᚅᚐFíona
Fiona · FEE-oh-na
ᚃᚔᚑᚅᚅFionn
Finn · FYUN
ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚒᚄFergus
Fergus · FER-gus
ᚃᚔᚅᚈᚐᚅFintan
Fintan · FIN-tan
ᚃᚔᚅᚅFinn
Finn · FIN
G
J
K
L
M
N
O
Órla
Orla · OR-la
ᚑᚏᚂᚐᚔᚈᚆÓrlaith
Orlaith · OR-la
ᚑᚔᚄᚔᚅOisín
Oisín · uh-SHEEN
ᚑᚄᚉᚐᚏOscar
Oscar · OS-car
ᚑᚇᚆᚏᚐᚅOdhrán
Oran · OH-rawn
ᚓᚑᚌᚆᚐᚅEoghan
Owen · OH-in
P
R
Róisín
Róisín · ro-SHEEN
ᚏᚒᚐᚔᚏᚔRuairí
Rory · ROO-a-ree
ᚏᚑᚅᚐᚅRónán
Ronan · RO-nawn
ᚏᚒᚐᚔᚏᚔRuairí
Rory · ROH-ree
S
Saoirse
Saoirse · SEER-sha
ᚄᚔᚑᚁᚆᚐᚅSiobhán
Siobhán · shi-VAWN
ᚄᚔᚅᚓᚐᚇSinéad
Sinéad · shi-NAYD
ᚄᚐᚇᚆᚁᚆSadhbh
Sadhbh · SIVE
ᚄᚑᚏᚉᚆᚐSorcha
Sorcha · SUR-kha
T
Á
Ú
Frequently asked questions
Can any English name be written in Ogham?
Only the letters that exist. J, W, Y, and X have no native fid. An Irish equivalent is usually cleaner.
Is Seán the same as John in Ogham?
Seán is the conventional Irish equivalent. John itself drops the J and would read as OHN.