Iorwerth
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOR-werth
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Iorwerth is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “handsome lord”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Iorwerth mean?
Welsh: from ior 'lord' + berth 'handsome'
“handsome lord”
Llywelyn the Great was Llywelyn ab Iorwerth; the name was sometimes anglicised as Yorath or equated with Edward.
Is Iorwerth a girl's or a boy's name?
Iorwerth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iorwerth in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Iorwerth, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Iorwerth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
Nicknames for Iorwerth
- Iolo 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Iorwerth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellis, Idris, Luca, Omar, Ali, Alfred, Arlo, Noah, Isaiah, Louie, Ezra, Frederick
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
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, “Iorwerth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iorwerth, updated 20 October 2026.