Girl's name
Muireann
“MWIR-in”
muir + fionn, 'sea-white' or 'sea-fair'
The story behind the name
A name out of the sea, borne in the Fenian tales by Muireann, mother of Fionn's wife, and by a legendary mermaid (Muirgen, 'sea-born') who was caught in a net in Lough Neagh and baptised. It survives in Connacht and has been steadily rising since the 1990s.
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