# Aoibhinn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aoibhinn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “delightful”, “blissful” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːvɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 52, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Aoibhinn, from aoibhinn (“delightful; blissful”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 13,756 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.