Cobhlaith
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KOW-lah
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Cobhlaith is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “victorious sovereignty”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Cobhlaith mean?
Irish: Old Irish name, from cob 'victory' + flaith 'sovereignty'
“victorious sovereignty”
Is Cobhlaith a girl's or a boy's name?
Cobhlaith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cobhlaith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 667% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Cobhlaith, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 205th in Northern Ireland.
Cobhlaith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
Names like Cobhlaith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Clodagh, Aoibheann, Cassidy, Eden, Eireann, Caragh, Caoimhe, Raegan, Orla, Teagan, Maeve
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
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, “Cobhlaith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cobhlaith, updated 20 October 2026.