Saorla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEER-la
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Saorla is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “free princess”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Saorla mean?
Irish: from Saorfhlaith
“free princess”
From Irish saor 'free, noble' and flaith 'princess, sovereignty'.
Is Saorla a girl's or a boy's name?
Saorla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saorla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Saorla, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saorla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Saorla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
Names like Saorla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla Sienna Fiadh Cora Kiara Nova Rosa Clara Eden Nora Dua Aoife
Names related to Saorla
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Saorla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saorla, updated 20 October 2026.