Aoibheann
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-van
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Aoibheann is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair, radiant beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies).
What does Aoibheann mean?
Irish
“fair, radiant beauty”
From the Old Irish Óebfhinn, joining óeb, 'beauty, radiance', and finn, 'fair, white'.
Is Aoibheann a girl's or a boy's name?
Aoibheann is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aoibheann in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Aoibheann, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 51 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aoibheann than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Aoibheann in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Aoibheann or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales and 106th in Northern Ireland.
Aoibheann in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 35 | #1,079 |
| 2016 | 43 | #930 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 37 | #946 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
Names like Aoibheann
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eireann, Caoimhe, Cassidy, Teagan, Keira, Aoife, Eden, Raegan, Bree, Fiadh, Kiara, Eowyn
Other spellings of Aoibheann
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, “Aoibheann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aoibheann, updated 20 October 2026.