Enfys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EN-vis
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Enfys is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Enfys mean?
Welsh
“rainbow”
Welsh word for a rainbow, used as a name since the 20th century.
Is Enfys a girl's or a boy's name?
Enfys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Enfys in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Enfys, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Enfys in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Enfys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Enfys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Eden, Eira, Dua, Eva, Iris, Sienna, Elsie, Edith, Lola, Edie, Rosa
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Enfys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/enfys, updated 20 October 2026.