Aoibh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EEV
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Aoibh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “beauty; radiance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies).
What does Aoibh mean?
Irish: Irish name related to Aoibheann
“beauty; radiance”
A short Irish name related to Aoibheann, from aoibh, 'beauty, radiance'.
Is Aoibh a girl's or a boy's name?
Aoibh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aoibh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Aoibh, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aoibh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Aoibh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Eve 206
- Aoibh 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 146th in Northern Ireland.
Aoibh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
Names like Aoibh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoibheann, Cassidy, Caoimhe, Bree, Eireann, Keira, Teagan, Fiadh, Aoife, Caragh, Kiara, Raegan
Other spellings of Aoibh
Names related to Aoibh
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Aoibh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aoibh, updated 20 October 2026.