Aphelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-FEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Aphelia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “away from the sun”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Aphelia mean?
Greek: probably from aphelion, Greek apo 'away' + helios 'sun'
“away from the sun”
Probably coined from aphelion, the point in an orbit farthest from the sun; it also echoes Ophelia.
Is Aphelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Aphelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aphelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aphelia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aphelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
Names like Aphelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Athena, Arabella, Anastasia, Aurelia, Aria, Cecilia, Penelope, Alessia, Aurora, Ariella, Ada
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Aphelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aphelia, updated 20 October 2026.