Ffion
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FEE-on
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #452 for girls
Ffion is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “foxglove”. In 2025 it ranked 452nd for girls in the UK (98 babies).
What does Ffion mean?
Welsh
“foxglove”
Welsh name taken from a word for the foxglove.
Is Ffion a girl's or a boy's name?
Ffion is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ffion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #452among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the UK were named Ffion, making it the 452nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 420th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 312 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ffion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 413th in England and Wales.
Ffion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #452 |
| 2024 | 88 | #508 |
| 2023 | 90 | #486 |
| 2022 | 101 | #465 |
| 2021 | 124 | #398 |
| 2020 | 112 | #420 |
| 2019 | 136 | #358 |
| 2018 | 149 | #346 |
| 2017 | 150 | #342 |
| 2016 | 156 | #344 |
| 2015 | 166 | #314 |
| 2014 | 176 | #298 |
| 2013 | 176 | #298 |
| 2012 | 209 | #266 |
| 2011 | 281 | #201 |
| 2010 | 236 | #239 |
| 2009 | 243 | #227 |
| 2008 | 294 | #202 |
| 2007 | 300 | #201 |
| 2006 | 253 | #213 |
| 2005 | 273 | #200 |
| 2004 | 306 | #178 |
| 2003 | 301 | #178 |
| 2002 | 272 | #173 |
| 2001 | 265 | #178 |
| 2000 | 260 | #188 |
| 1999 | 282 | #177 |
| 1998 | 312 | #165 |
| 1997 | 244 | #202 |
| 1996 | 202 | #222 |
Names like Ffion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caitlin Caoimhe Niamh Tegan Eilidh Teagan Rhiannon Morgan Erin Caragh Aoibheann
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
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, “Ffion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ffion, updated 20 October 2026.