Muireann
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MWIR-an
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Muireann is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “sea-white”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Muireann mean?
Irish: from muir 'sea' + finn 'white, fair'
“sea-white”
Old Irish name joining muir 'sea' and finn 'white, fair'.
Is Muireann a girl's or a boy's name?
Muireann is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muireann in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Muireann, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Muireann than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Muireann in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 397th in Northern Ireland.
Muireann in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
Names like Muireann
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoibheann, Eireann, Eden, Fiadh, Caoimhe, Cassidy, Teagan, Raegan, Orla, Quinn, Aoife, Rowan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
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, “Muireann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muireann, updated 20 October 2026.