Magic is real.
Ireland is really small as we all know, there’s roughly two degrees of separation between all of us. There’s also about seven names going around in rotation between us, with a few flamboyant and exotic ones thrown in for good measure.
I’ve put together the most common first names for females in Ireland and combined them with the most common surnames in Ireland. This is not trickery or some David Blaine bullshit, this is magic and it is real.
Try make it through the list without recognising either your name or the name of someone you know.
Emma Murphy
Emily Kelly
Ella Fitzpatrick
Sophie Walsh
Amelia Brennan
Aoife O’ Sullivan
Ailbhe Dunne
Lucy Kavanagh
Grace Lyons
Sarah O’ Neill
Maeve Foley
Anna Brown
Chloe Mullan
Hannah Quinn
Kate Ryan
Cliodhna O’ Donnell
Lily Wilson
Caoimhe O’ Brien
Sophia Stewart
Lauren Fitzgerald
Saoirse Moran
Ellie McMahon
Holly Ward
Leah O’ Shea
Amy Donovan
Olivia Brady
Jessica Higgins
Ciara O’ Doherty
Zoe Lynch
Isabelle Griffin
Niamh Hayes
Molly McLoughlin
Julie Smith
Robyn Sweeney
Erin McKenna
Roisín McGrath
Freya Johnson
Laura Byrne
Cara McDermott
Sofia Graham
Eva Casey
Rachel Keane
Isabella Reid
Kayla Campbell
Abbie Clarke
Charlotte Hughes
Millie Gallagher
Faye O’ Mahony
Clodagh O’ Connor
Aisling Kenny
Alice Sheehan
Eabha Doyle
Abigail King
Ellen Burke
Lexi Thompson
Aoibheann Whelan
Layla Maher
Eve Collins
Zara Power
Alannah Cullen
Áine McCarthy
Maria O’ Reilly
Megan Duffy
Rebecca O’ Connell
Nicole White
Sadbh Kennedy
Clara Moloney
Elizabeth Flynn
Maya Scott
Emilia Murray
Caitlin Donnelly
Rosie McDonald
Isabel Boyle
Orla Cunningham
Sadie Farrell
Lena Moore
Hayleigh McDonnell
Sienna McGuire
Mary O’ Keeffe
Stephanie
Suzanne Bell
Andrea O’ Leary
Tara Nolan
Hannah Martin
Sinéad O’ Callaghan
Lilly Robinson
Ruth Connolly
Alexandra McNamara
Poppy White
Amber O’ Rourke
Mollie Burns
Victoria Healy
Lara Regan
Sara Dwyer
Brooke Magee
Kayleigh Flanagan
Laoise O’ Carroll
Mairéad Hogan
Data via Irish Geneaology