Gethin
Boy · GETH-in · Welsh
Gethin is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “dark, swarthy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,080th for boys in the UK (30 babies).
What does Gethin mean?
Welsh: from Welsh cethin
“dark, swarthy”
From a Welsh nickname based on cethin, dusky or swarthy.
- Say it
- GETH-in
Is Gethin a girl's or a boy's name?
Gethin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gethin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,080among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were named Gethin, making it the 1,080th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 159 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gethin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales.
Gethin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 35 | #969 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,130 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 47 | #764 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 65 | #632 |
| 2016 | 73 | #580 |
| 2015 | 68 | #600 |
| 2014 | 82 | #532 |
| 2013 | 114 | #410 |
| 2012 | 125 | #385 |
| 2011 | 140 | #351 |
| 2010 | 136 | #348 |
| 2009 | 152 | #308 |
| 2008 | 159 | #295 |
| 2007 | 107 | #375 |
| 2006 | 82 | #442 |
| 2005 | 79 | #415 |
| 2004 | 43 | #634 |
| 2003 | 54 | #499 |
| 2002 | 45 | #530 |
| 2001 | 33 | #629 |
| 2000 | 30 | #665 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 46 | #492 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 38 | #506 |
Names like Gethin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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