Iestyn
Boy · YES-tin · Latin
Iestyn is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “just, fair”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Iestyn mean?
Latin: Welsh form of Justin
“just, fair”
Iestyn ap Gwrgant was the last native king of Morgannwg, in south Wales, before the Norman conquest.
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- YES-tin
Is Iestyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Iestyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iestyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Iestyn, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 140 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Iestyn since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Iestyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Iestyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,045 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 43 | #812 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 49 | #741 |
| 2012 | 69 | #576 |
| 2011 | 93 | #455 |
| 2010 | 82 | #488 |
| 2009 | 62 | #591 |
| 2008 | 81 | #493 |
| 2007 | 92 | #424 |
| 2006 | 93 | #409 |
| 2005 | 89 | #384 |
| 2004 | 140 | #265 |
| 2003 | 98 | #318 |
| 2002 | 101 | #307 |
| 2001 | 65 | #406 |
| 2000 | 36 | #589 |
| 1999 | 45 | #509 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 26 | #690 |
| 1996 | 25 | #677 |
Names like Iestyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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