Iga
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-ga
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
Iga is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “battle, war”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies).
What does Iga mean?
Germanic: Polish pet form of Jadwiga (Hedwig)
“battle, war”
Usually a short form of Jadwiga, the Polish Hedwig, borne by a canonised 14th-century queen of Poland.
Is Iga a girl's or a boy's name?
Iga is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iga in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Iga, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 945th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 64 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iga in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Iga in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 40 | #945 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 53 | #793 |
| 2017 | 64 | #700 |
| 2016 | 47 | #864 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 35 | #1,080 |
| 2013 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
Names like Iga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla, Orla, Ada, Clara, Sienna, Matilda, Heidi, Nova, Lyra, Nora, Etta, Bella
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Iga: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iga, updated 20 October 2026.