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Iridian

Girl · ee-ree-dee-AHN · Greek

Iridian is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “rainbow”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Iridian mean?

Greek: Spanish-language name from Greek iris, iridos

“rainbow”

Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods.

Say it
ee-ree-dee-AHN

Is Iridian a girl's or a boy's name?

Iridian is a girls' name.

How popular is Iridian in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 214 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.

Half of all the girls named Iridian in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

1994Busiest: 214 in 19952006
Iridian in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20066#15,147
20055#16,455
200410#9,887
200313#7,993
200214#7,438
200116#6,614
200029#4,180
199946#2,893
199866#2,161
199755#2,388
199696#1,607
1995214#883
199411#7,598

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