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Eolann

Gender
Boy
Say it
YOH-lun
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#3,021 for boys
Style
Big in Northern Ireland

Eolann is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).

Where does Eolann come from?

Irish: Gaelic name of uncertain origin

Is Eolann a girl's or a boy's name?

Eolann is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eolann in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,021st among boys
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Eolann, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.

2025 had the most boys named Eolann of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.

Among boys in 2025, it was 253rd in Northern Ireland.

2011Busiest: 7 in 20252025
Eolann in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20240–
20230–
20223#5,017
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20113#4,837

Names like Eolann

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Eolann

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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, “Eolann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eolann, updated 20 October 2026.