Iris-Mae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-ris-MAY
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Iris-Mae is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “rainbow + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Iris-Mae mean?
Greek: Iris + Mae
“rainbow + the month of May”
Joins Iris (Greek, “rainbow”) and Mae (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Iris and Mae.
Is Iris-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?
Iris-Mae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iris-Mae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Iris-Mae, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Iris-Mae than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Iris-Mae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
Names like Iris-Mae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Ottilie, Margot, Daphne, Penelope, Ayzal, Amal, Nusaybah, Maeve, Irha, Ayah, Ibadat
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Iris-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iris-mae, updated 20 October 2026.