Aneirin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NAY-rin
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Aneirin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Aneirin mean?
Welsh
Aneirin was the sixth-century poet credited with Y Gododdin, one of the earliest poems in Welsh.
Is Aneirin a girl's or a boy's name?
Aneirin 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 Aneirin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Aneirin, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aneirin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Aneirin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Nicknames for Aneirin
- Nye 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aneirin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Kayden, Aiden, Kian, Logan, Brody, Cassian, Cody, Finley, Caelan, Flynn, Keegan
Names related to Aneirin
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, “Aneirin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aneirin, updated 20 October 2026.