Fodhla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FOH-la
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Fodhla is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies).
What does Fodhla mean?
Irish: from Fódla, a goddess of Irish legend
Fódla is one of three goddesses, with Ériu and Banba, whose names became poetic names for Ireland.
Is Fodhla a girl's or a boy's name?
Fodhla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fodhla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 443% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Fodhla, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Fodhla of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Half of all the girls named Fodhla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 106th in Northern Ireland.
Fodhla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
Names like Fodhla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh Orla Kiara Maeve Eden Maeva Nova Eira Nora Eireann Rowan Aoibheann
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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, “Fodhla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fodhla, updated 20 October 2026.