Girl's name
Doireann
“DIR-in”
possibly 'sullen' or 'daughter of Finn'; disputed
The story behind the name
A name from the Fenian tales, where Doireann is a daughter of the Otherworld figure Bodb Dearg who poisons Fionn when he refuses her. Its meaning is genuinely uncertain — the older reading 'sullen' is contested by scholars.
Famous people with this name
- Doireann Ní Bhriain (born 1952) — Irish radio producer
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa (born 1981) — Irish poet
- Doireann MacDermott (1923–2024) — Irish philologist, university professor, translator and writer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Doireann on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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