Irida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-REE-da
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Irida is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Irida mean?
Greek: Modern Greek and Albanian form of Iris
“rainbow”
Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods.
Is Irida a girl's or a boy's name?
Irida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Irida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Irida, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Irida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
Names like Irida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Halima, Irha, Hafsa, Hiba, Ibadat, Khadija, Amira, Nusaybah, Rahma, Ayra
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Irida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irida, updated 20 October 2026.