Looking for some ideas for your ogham tattoo or personalised jewellery? We have collected a large list of the most common words our visitors have entered into our Ogham Translator.
People often choose single words as they are easier to fit onto small pendants, necklaces and other personalised jewellery. If you are looking for some ogham sayings, blessings and other phrases, have a look at our list of Common Ogham Phrases.
1,600 years ago, ogham was written in the Primitive Irish language, and because we have no dictionaries from this era, we instead use Modern Irish Gaelic equivalents.
If you want genuine ogham words and phrases as they were written 1,600 years ago, please see Primitive Irish Inscriptions.
If the word you’re looking for isn’t in the list below, try searching for it on this Irish Translator and then enter the Irish word into our Ogham Transliterator.
| English | Irish | Ogham (click to enlarge) |
|---|---|---|
| believe | creid | ᚉᚏᚓᚔᚇ |
| beloved | ionúin | ᚔᚑᚅᚒᚔᚅ |
| blessings | beannachtaí | ᚁᚓᚐᚅᚅᚐᚉᚆᚈᚐᚔ |
| brave | cróga | ᚉᚏᚑᚌᚐ |
| breathe | análaigh | ᚐᚅᚐᚂᚐᚔᚌᚆ |
| brothers | bráithre | ᚁᚏᚐᚔᚈᚆᚏᚓ |
| brotherhood | bráithreachas | ᚁᚏᚐᚔᚈᚆᚏᚓᚐᚉᚆᚐᚄ |
| celtic | Ceilteach | ᚉᚓᚔᚂᚈᚓᚐᚉᚆ |
| clan | clann | ᚉᚂᚐᚅᚅ |
| courage | misneach | ᚋᚔᚄᚅᚓᚐᚉᚆ |
| daughter | iníon | ᚔᚅᚔᚑᚅ |
| dance | damhsaigh | ᚇᚐᚋᚆᚄᚐᚔᚌᚆ |
| Dublin | Baile Átha Cliath | ᚁᚐᚔᚂᚓ ᚐᚈᚆᚐ ᚉᚂᚔᚐᚈᚆ |
| dawn | éirí gréine | ᚓᚔᚏᚔ ᚌᚏᚓᚔᚅᚓ |
| death | bás | ᚁᚐᚄ |
| druid | draoi | ᚇᚏᚐᚑᚔ |
| earth | talamh | ᚈᚐᚂᚐᚋᚆ |
| eternity | an tsíoraíocht | ᚐᚅ ᚈᚄᚔᚑᚏᚐᚔᚑᚉᚆᚈ |
| faith | creideamh | ᚉᚏᚓᚔᚇᚓᚐᚋᚆ |
| family | teaghlach | ᚈᚓᚐᚌᚆᚂᚐᚉᚆ |
| father | athair | ᚐᚈᚆᚐᚔᚏ |
| fear | eagla | ᚓᚐᚌᚂᚐ |
| fearless | neamheaglach | ᚅᚓᚐᚋᚆᚓᚐᚌᚂᚐᚉᚆ |
| forever | go deo | ᚌᚑ ᚇᚓᚑ |
| free | saor | ᚄᚐᚑᚏ |
| freedom | saoirse | ᚄᚐᚑᚔᚏᚄᚓ |
| friends | cairde | ᚉᚐᚔᚏᚇᚓ |
| friendship | cairdeas | ᚉᚐᚔᚏᚇᚓᚐᚄ |
| ghost | taibhse | ᚈᚐᚔᚁᚆᚄᚓ |
| god | Dia | ᚇᚔᚐ |
| happy | sásta | ᚄᚐᚄᚈᚐ |
| happiness | sonas | ᚄᚑᚅᚐᚄ |
| harmony | síocháin | ᚄᚔᚑᚉᚆᚐᚔᚅ |
| health | sláinte | ᚄᚂᚐᚔᚅᚈᚓ |
| home | teach | ᚈᚓᚐᚉᚆ |
| honor | clú | ᚉᚂᚒ |
| husband | fear céile | ᚃᚓᚐᚏ ᚉᚓᚔᚂᚓ |
| Ireland | Éire | ᚓᚔᚏᚓ |
| justice | cóir | ᚉᚑᚔᚏ |
| journey | turas | ᚈᚒᚏᚐᚄ |
| king | rí | ᚏᚔ |
| knowledge | eolas | ᚓᚑᚂᚐᚄ |
| loyalty | dílseacht | ᚇᚔᚂᚄᚓᚐᚉᚆᚈ |
| love | grá | ᚌᚏᚐ |
| life | saol | ᚄᚐᚑᚂ |
| light | solas | ᚄᚑᚂᚐᚄ |
| luck | ádh | ᚐᚇᚆ |
| mother | máthair | ᚋᚐᚈᚆᚐᚔᚏ |
| my love | a ghrá | ᚐ ᚌᚆᚏᚐ |
| magic | draíocht | ᚇᚏᚐᚔᚑᚉᚆᚈ |
| music | ceol | ᚉᚓᚑᚂ |
| oak | dair | ᚇᚐᚔᚏ |
| peace | síocháin | ᚄᚔᚑᚉᚆᚐᚔᚅ |
| power | cumhacht | ᚉᚒᚋᚆᚐᚉᚆᚈ |
| protection | cosain | ᚉᚑᚄᚐᚔᚅ |
| passion | paisean | ᚚᚐᚔᚄᚓᚐᚅ |
| patience | foighne | ᚃᚑᚔᚌᚆᚅᚓ |
| pride | bród | ᚁᚏᚑᚇ |
| raven | fiach dubh | ᚃᚔᚐᚉᚆ ᚇᚒᚁᚆ |
| remember | cuimhnigh | ᚉᚒᚔᚋᚆᚅᚔᚌᚆ |
| son | mac | ᚋᚐᚉ |
| soulmate | anamchara | ᚐᚅᚐᚋᚉᚆᚐᚏᚐ |
| serenity | suaimhneas | ᚄᚒᚐᚔᚋᚆᚅᚓᚐᚄ |
| spirit | spiorad | ᚄᚚᚔᚑᚏᚐᚇ |
| truth | fírinne | ᚃᚔᚏᚔᚅᚅᚓ |
| strength | neart | ᚅᚓᚐᚏᚈ |
| Scotland | Albain | ᚐᚂᚁᚐᚔᚅ |
| time | am | ᚐᚋ |
| tree | crann | ᚉᚏᚐᚅᚅ |
| trust | muinín | ᚋᚒᚔᚅᚔᚅ |
| war | cogadh | ᚉᚑᚌᚐᚇᚆ |
| welcome | fáilte | ᚃᚐᚔᚂᚈᚓ |
| wild | fiáin | ᚃᚔᚐᚔᚅ |
| water | uisce | ᚒᚔᚄᚉᚓ |
| warrior | laoch | ᚂᚐᚑᚉᚆ |
| wife | bean chéile | ᚁᚓᚐᚅ ᚉᚆᚓᚔᚂᚓ |
| will | toil | ᚈᚑᚔᚂ |
| witch | cailleach | ᚉᚐᚔᚂᚂᚓᚐᚉᚆ |
| you | tusa | ᚈᚒᚄᚐ |
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