Iolo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YO-lo
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Iolo is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “handsome lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Iolo mean?
Welsh: pet form of Iorwerth
“handsome lord”
Iolo Morganwg, the 18th-century Welsh poet and forger, founded the Gorsedd of Bards.
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Is Iolo a girl's or a boy's name?
Iolo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iolo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Iolo, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 31 boys.
Half of all the boys named Iolo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Iolo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,022 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,102 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
Names like Iolo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi Inioluwa Ifeoluwa Afonso Ireoluwa Kwame Oluwatobiloba Oluwademilade Ifechukwu Boluwatife Om Adem
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Iolo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iolo, updated 20 October 2026.