Innis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- IN-is
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Innis is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “island”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Innis mean?
Scottish: Scottish Gaelic innis
“island”
From the Gaelic word for an island or riverside meadow, common in Scottish and Irish place names; also a surname.
Is Innis a girl's or a boy's name?
Innis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Innis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Innis, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Innis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were given Innis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Innes 55
- Innis 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 647th in Scotland.
Innis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 2 | #6,266 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 2 | #5,878 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 2 | #5,064 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 2 | #4,575 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 2 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Innis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Otis, Idris, Harris, Noah, Isaac, Theo, Leo, Arthur, Freddie, Ilyas, Albie, Hudson
Other spellings of Innis
Names related to Innis
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
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, “Innis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/innis, updated 20 October 2026.