girl's name
Aoibhin
EE-veen
- Origin Irish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 1,661
Ireland
#62
as Aoibhín, 2025
Aoibhin is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "little radiant one," from aoibh, the look of a face that is smiling. It ranks 62nd in Ireland and is rising, and it has no accepted anglicization.
- Aoibhin is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2017, when 94 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in Ireland.
- First appears in birth records in 1973.
Aoibhin over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 3 |
| 1980s | 7 |
| 1990s | 93 |
| 2000s | 325 |
| 2010s | 527 |
| 2020s (to 2021) | 473 |
What Aoibhin means
Aoibhin means little radiant one, or little beautiful one. The root aoibh describes a pleasant expression — the look of someone smiling — rather than beauty as a fixed feature, so the sense is closer to fair-faced than to handsome.
Where Aoibhin comes from
Aoibhín is the Irish Aoibhín or Aoibhínn, from aoibh, a pleasant or smiling expression, with the diminutive -ín. It sits in a cluster of related Irish names built on the same root: Aoife, Aoibheann, Aoibhe and Aoibhín all reach back to it, and they are so close in sound and spelling that Irish parents and registrars have used them interchangeably. Aoibhell, or Aibell, is a related figure in Munster tradition, a supernatural woman of Craig Liath who appears to Brian Boru before the Battle of Clontarf to tell him he will die there. Aoibhín has no accepted anglicization, which is one reason it has stayed within Ireland: Eavan is sometimes offered but properly belongs to Aoibheann.
Aoibhin in use
Aoibhín ranks 62nd in Ireland with 82 births in 2025 and 135th in Northern Ireland, and it is rising in our data with a peak in 2018. Outside the island it is very rare — 6,063rd in England and Wales. Our records carry it from 1973, the earliest reach of our Irish data, so its use may predate what our figures show.
How popular is Aoibhin?
In 2021, Aoibhin was given to 3 babies in Ireland, ranking #893 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Aoibhin 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.
How Aoibhin is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Aoibhín | Aoibhín is Aoibhin written with a fada in Ireland, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #62 in Ireland, against #893 for Aoibhin. | 648 |
Names that peaked alongside Aoibhin
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Aoibhin also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aoibhin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Aoibhin 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.
- Irish
- Aoife
Sibling names for Aoibhin
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aoibhin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Aoibhin
What does the name Aoibhín mean?
Aoibhín means "little radiant one," from aoibh, a pleasant or smiling expression.
How do you pronounce Aoibhín?
EE-veen. The bh gives a v sound.
Is Aoibhín the same as Aoibheann?
They are separate names from the same root, and are close enough that they have often been used interchangeably.
How popular is Aoibhín?
Sixty-second in Ireland and 135th in Northern Ireland.
Is Aoibhin a girl's or a boy's name?
Aoibhin is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Aoibhin a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aoibhin currently ranks #62 in Ireland. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.