Laoise

Girl · LEE-sha · Irish

Big in Northern Ireland

Laoise is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).

Where does Laoise come from?

Irish: possibly linked to the god Lugh or to County Laois

Say it: LEE-sha

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

Laoise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Laoise in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,856among girls
Babies in 2025: 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Laoise, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls.

Half of all the girls named Laoise in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 191st in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 14 in 19982025

Laoise in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	9	#2,856
2024	0	–
2023	4	#4,915
2022	6	#3,728
2021	13	#2,202
2020	8	#3,009
2019	0	–
2018	8	#3,068
2017	0	–
2016	3	#6,009
2015	6	#3,777
2014	1	#7,592
2013	6	#3,719
2012	0	–
2011	9	#2,794
2010	13	#2,103
2009	6	#3,603
2008	14	#1,943
2007	9	#2,543
2006	12	#1,987
2005	12	#1,912
2004	4	#3,916
2003	9	#2,109
2002	11	#1,755
2001	9	#1,974
2000	13	#1,502
1999	0	–
1998	14	#1,417
1997	7	#2,281
1996	5	#2,815

Names like Laoise

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Lois Louise

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