Breagha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREE-a
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Big in Scotland
Breagha is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “beautiful, fine”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Breagha mean?
Scottish: Scottish Gaelic breagha
“beautiful, fine”
A Scottish Gaelic word adopted as a modern girls' name.
Is Breagha a girl's or a boy's name?
Breagha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breagha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Breagha, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Breagha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were given Breagha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #735, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 226th in Scotland.
Breagha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Breagha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoibheann Kiara Eden Eireann Fiadh Cassidy Bree Eira Orla Keira Raegan Brianna
Other spellings of Breagha
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
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, “Breagha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breagha, updated 20 October 2026.