Aneurin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-NY-rin
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
Aneurin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies).
What does Aneurin mean?
Welsh: from Aneirin, the early Welsh poet
Named after Aneirin, poet of Y Gododdin; Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan (1897-1960) founded the NHS.
Is Aneurin a girl's or a boy's name?
Aneurin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aneurin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Aneurin, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 43 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Aneurin than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Aneurin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Aneurin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,048 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 43 | #805 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 35 | #956 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
Nicknames for Aneurin
- Nye 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aneurin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin Ayaan Finn Arthur Cillian Arlo Roman Ayan Albie Rowan Reuben Elijah
Names related to Aneurin
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, “Aneurin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aneurin, updated 20 October 2026.