Neirin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAY-rin
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Neirin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Neirin mean?
Welsh: short form of Aneirin
Short form of Aneirin, the sixth-century poet credited with the early Welsh poem Y Gododdin.
Is Neirin a girl's or a boy's name?
Neirin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neirin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Neirin, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Neirin than any year since 2009.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Neirin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
Names like Neirin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Finn, Aiden, Brayden, Conan, Keegan, Caoimhin, Brogan, Conlan, Brody, Conn, Kian
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Neirin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neirin, updated 20 October 2026.