How do you pronounce Lí Ban?

Lí Ban is pronounced “LEE-ban”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

What does the name Lí Ban mean?

Lí Ban means 'paragon of women', from lí, 'beauty', and ban, 'of women'.

Is Lí Ban a boy's or a girl's name?

Lí Ban is traditionally a girl's name in Ireland.

Girl's name

Lí Ban

“LEE-ban”

'paragon of women', from lí, 'beauty', and ban, 'of women'

Source: Wikipedia ↗

The story behind the name

There are two of her. One is an otherworld woman of Magh Mell, sister of Fand. The other is the girl who survived the drowning that made Lough Neagh, lived three hundred years in the water as half a salmon, and was caught in a net at last and baptised.

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