Aodha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-a
- Origin
- Irish
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Aodha is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Aodha come from?
Irish: Irish, a form of Aodh 'fire'
Is Aodha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aodha is a girls' name.
How popular is Aodha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aodha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aodha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
Names like Aodha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla, Fiadh, Kiara, Aoibheann, Eden, Maeve, Maeva, Aoife, Eira, Nova, Rowan, Eireann
Names related to Aodha
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
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, “Aodha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aodha, updated 20 October 2026.