Sadhbh
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Sadhbh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “sweet, goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies).
What does Sadhbh mean?
Irish: Old Irish Sadb
“sweet, goodness”
In Irish legend Sadhbh, turned into a deer by a druid, was the wife of Fionn mac Cumhaill and mother of the poet Oisín.
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Is Sadhbh a girl's or a boy's name?
Sadhbh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sadhbh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Sadhbh, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Sadhbh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales and 205th in Northern Ireland.
Sadhbh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
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