Afon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AV-on
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Afon is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “river”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Afon mean?
Welsh: Welsh word
“river”
The Welsh word for river, the same word that gave England its several rivers called Avon.
Is Afon a girl's or a boy's name?
Afon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Afon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Afon, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Afon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Afon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Achim, Rowan, Amir, Obi, Hudson, Araoluwa, Oluwadunsin, Zion, Ayman, Ademide, Robin, Rian
Names related to Afon
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Afon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/afon, updated 20 October 2026.