Entry № 1549 · Irish origin

Boann Boann — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BOH-ann /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Irish goddess of the River Boyne"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "irish goddess of the river boyne".

Boann (Old Irish, "white cow") was the Irish goddess of poetic inspiration and the personification of the River Boyne.

Irish goddess of the River Boyne — a Irish name.

The name in its native script.

Boann
Transliteration
Boann
Pronunciation
/ ˈboʊ.æn /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Boann stands.

Boann does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Boanns before her.

Real people
Boann
Irish river-goddess.
In fiction
Boann
Dindshenchas.

Names connected to Boann.

The number behind Boann.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Boann reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.