Peadar
Boy · PAD-er · Greek
Big in Northern Ireland
Peadar is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “rock”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies).
What does Peadar mean?
Greek: Irish form of Peter
“rock”
Irish form of Peter, from Greek petros, 'rock'; Peadar Kearney wrote the words of the Irish national anthem.
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Is Peadar a girl's or a boy's name?
Peadar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peadar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Peadar, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Peadar of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Peadar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 126th in Northern Ireland.
Peadar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
Names like Peadar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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