Dearbhla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DER-vlah
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Dearbhla is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Dearbhla mean?
Irish: anglicised spelling of Old Irish Derbail or Deirbhile
Old Irish name, linked to the 6th-century Saint Deirbhile of County Mayo.
Is Dearbhla a girl's or a boy's name?
Dearbhla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dearbhla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Dearbhla, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 26 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Dearbhla since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Dearbhla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 334th in Northern Ireland.
Dearbhla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 23 | #1,005 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 23 | #995 |
Names like Dearbhla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Aoibheann Teagan Caragh Eireann Cliodhna Cassidy Raegan Bree Niamh Ffion
Names related to Dearbhla
More Irish names
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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, “Dearbhla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dearbhla, updated 20 October 2026.