Munro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mun-ROH
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Big in Scotland
Munro is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “possibly mouth of the River Roe”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Munro mean?
Scottish: from the surname of Clan Munro
“possibly mouth of the River Roe”
Clan Munro's seat is in Easter Ross; Sir Hugh Munro listed Scotland's 3,000-foot peaks, now called Munros.
Is Munro a girl's or a boy's name?
Munro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Munro in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Munro, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Munro than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Munro in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Munro or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Monroe 24
- Munro 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 316th in Scotland.
Munro in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2 | #3,848 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Munro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Milo Arlo Yusuf Hugo Nico Musa Enzo Luca Muhammad Thiago Otto
Other spellings of Munro
Names related to Munro
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, “Munro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/munro, updated 20 October 2026.