Morven
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOR-ven
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
Big in Scotland
Morven is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “big mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies).
What does Morven mean?
Scottish: from Gaelic mor bheinn, a Scottish mountain name
“big mountain”
Morven is the kingdom of the hero Fingal in James Macpherson's Ossian poems, and the name of several Scottish hills.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Morven a girl's or a boy's name?
Morven is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Morven in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Morven, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 56 girls.
2025 had more girls named Morven than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Morven in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. 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 Scotland.
Morven in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 38 | #808 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 38 | #740 |
| 2001 | 40 | #701 |
| 2000 | 56 | #555 |
| 1999 | 53 | #577 |
| 1998 | 43 | #648 |
| 1997 | 31 | #822 |
| 1996 | 40 | #662 |
Names like Morven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Molly Charlotte Hannah Anna Emma Zoe Chloe Lucy Morgan Sarah Ellie Ffion
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
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, “Morven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/morven, updated 20 October 2026.