girl's name
Aoibh
EEV
- Origin Irish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (E&W)
- Births on record 684
Ireland
#189
2025 births
Aoibh is a girl's name from an Irish word for beauty or radiance, and the root behind Aoibheann and Aoibhinn. It ranks 189th in Ireland and 192nd in Northern Ireland, and appears in no other market in our data.
- Aoibh is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2021, when 33 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 65,531 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1998.
Aoibh over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 1990s to 2020s. Aoibh is more popular in Northern Ireland — see the country table below. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 11 |
| 2000s | 124 |
| 2010s | 183 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 167 |
What Aoibh means
Aoibh means beauty or radiance. It is the bare noun rather than a compound, which is what separates it from the longer names built on it.
Where Aoibh comes from
Aoibh is the Irish aoibh, meaning beauty, a pleasant appearance or a radiant look. The longer names built on it are better known: Aoibheann adds a diminutive or adjectival ending, and Aoibhinn means delightful or pleasant. Aoibh on its own is the more recent of the set as a given name, following the modern Irish habit of stripping a familiar name back to its root — the same movement that produced Aoife alongside Aoifín. The bh is pronounced as a v in most positions in Irish, but here it falls at the end of a short word after a long vowel and is effectively silent, which is why the name sounds like the English eve without the final consonant fully landing.
Aoibh in use
Aoibh ranks 189th in Ireland on 23 births and 192nd in Northern Ireland on 9, and it appears in no other market in our data. It peaked in Ireland in 2021, when 33 babies were registered, and is rising. Our records carry it from 1998 across 684 lifetime births, so it is both recent and geographically narrow — an Irish-island name in the strict sense rather than one that has spread with the diaspora.
How popular is Aoibh?
In 2024, Aoibh was given to 9 babies in England and Wales, ranking #192 that year. It is well established in England and Wales.
Where Aoibh is used
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Aoibh
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Aoibh also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aoibh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Aoibh in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Aoibh
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aoibh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Aoibh
What does the name Aoibh mean?
Beauty or radiance — it is the Irish noun aoibh.
How do you pronounce Aoibh?
EEV, one syllable, close to the English eve.
Is Aoibh short for Aoibheann?
It is the root both Aoibheann and Aoibhinn are built on, and it is now used as a name in its own right.
Where is Aoibh used?
Ireland and Northern Ireland only — 189th and 192nd respectively.
How popular is the name Aoibh?
In 2024, Aoibh was given to 9 babies in England and Wales, ranking #192 that year. It is well established in England and Wales.
Is Aoibh a girl's or a boy's name?
Aoibh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Aoibh most popular?
Aoibh peaked in 2021, when 33 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Aoibh a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aoibh currently ranks #189 in Ireland. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.