boy's name

Feidhlim

  • Origin Irish
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
  • Births on record 221

Northern Ireland

#314

2023 births

Feidhlim is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in Ireland, ranking #469. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Feidhlim is a name of Irish origin.
  • Peaked in Ireland in 2016, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in Ireland.
  • Today about 1 in 6,408 babies in Ireland is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1972.

Feidhlim over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Feidhlim by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1970s 3
1980s 9
1990s 11
2000s 55
2010s 84
2020s (to 2025) 51

How popular is Feidhlim?

In 2025, Feidhlim was given to 7 babies in Ireland, ranking #469 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Feidhlim is used

Northern Ireland #314 5 in 2023
Ireland #469 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Feidhlim is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Féidhlim Féidhlim is a rare spelling of Feidhlim, written with a fada and recorded 12 times, mostly in Ireland. 12

Names that peaked alongside Feidhlim

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Feidhlim also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Feidhlim over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Feidhlim

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Feidhlim — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Feidhlim

How popular is the name Feidhlim?

In 2025, Feidhlim was given to 7 babies in Ireland, ranking #469 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Feidhlim a girl's or a boy's name?

Feidhlim is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Feidhlim most popular?

Feidhlim peaked in 2016, when 17 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Feidhlim a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Feidhlim currently ranks #469 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.