Orfeas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- or-FEH-as
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Orfeas is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Orfeas mean?
Greek: modern Greek form of Orpheus
Modern Greek form of Orpheus, the legendary musician who went into the underworld to bring back Eurydice.
Is Orfeas a girl's or a boy's name?
Orfeas 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 Orfeas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Orfeas, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Orfeas of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Orfeas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Orfeas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
Names like Orfeas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan, Brody, Theodore, Finn, Luca, Cassian, Ronan, Rory, Cillian, Orion, Atlas, Orhan
More Greek names
Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Orfeas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orfeas, updated 20 October 2026.