Orlaith
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OR-la
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #432 for girls
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Orlaith is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “golden princess”. In 2025 it ranked 432nd for girls in the UK (104 babies).
What does Orlaith mean?
Irish
“golden princess”
The Irish original of Orla, from ór, gold, and flaith, princess; borne by a sister of the High King Brian Boru.
Is Orlaith a girl's or a boy's name?
Orlaith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orlaith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #432among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the UK were named Orlaith, making it the 432nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 381st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 152 girls.
Half of all the girls named Orlaith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,025 girls in the UK were given Orlaith or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #432 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 596th in England and Wales, 172nd in Scotland and 132nd in Northern Ireland.
Orlaith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #432 |
| 2024 | 108 | #437 |
| 2023 | 82 | #527 |
| 2022 | 127 | #378 |
| 2021 | 130 | #387 |
| 2020 | 127 | #381 |
| 2019 | 127 | #379 |
| 2018 | 109 | #449 |
| 2017 | 128 | #393 |
| 2016 | 151 | #352 |
| 2015 | 152 | #340 |
| 2014 | 147 | #341 |
| 2013 | 127 | #391 |
| 2012 | 119 | #427 |
| 2011 | 116 | #429 |
| 2010 | 116 | #417 |
| 2009 | 127 | #383 |
| 2008 | 115 | #416 |
| 2007 | 91 | #479 |
| 2006 | 81 | #511 |
| 2005 | 53 | #653 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 41 | #733 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 40 | #701 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 32 | #797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Orlaith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh Caoimhe Eden Aoife Cassidy Aoibheann Clodagh Kiara Keira Quinn Connie Ocean
Other spellings of Orlaith
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
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, “Orlaith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orlaith, updated 20 October 2026.