Ifunanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-foo-NAHN-ya
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Ifunanya is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Ifunanya mean?
Igbo: Igbo word
“love”
Ifunanya is the Igbo word for love.
Is Ifunanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ifunanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ifunanya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Ifunanya, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ifunanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Ifunanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
Nicknames for Ifunanya
- Ify
Names like Ifunanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ireoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Chimkasimma, Munachimso, Amara, Zinachimdi, Kamsiyochukwu, Chimamanda, Imisioluwa, Inioluwa, Adesuwa, Iremide
More Igbo names
Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu, Lotanna
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, “Ifunanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifunanya, updated 20 October 2026.