boy's name

Feilim

  • Origin Irish
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
  • Births on record 122

Ireland

#403

as Féilim, 2025

Feilim is a boy's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #555. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Feilim is a name of Irish origin.
  • Peaked in Ireland in 2024, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1980.

Feilim over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Feilim by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1980s 8
1990s 3
2000s 9
2010s (to 2017) 41
2020s (to 2017) 55

How popular is Feilim?

In 2017, Feilim was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #555 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Feilim is used

Ireland as Féilim #403 9 in 2025
Northern Ireland #416 3 in 2024

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 Feilim is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Féilim Féilim is a rare spelling of Feilim, written with a fada and recorded 58 times, mostly in Ireland. 58

Names that peaked alongside Feilim

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

Parents who like Feilim also like

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

Sibling names for Feilim

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

Common questions about Feilim

How popular is the name Feilim?

In 2017, Feilim was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #555 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

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

Feilim is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Feilim most popular?

Feilim peaked in 2024, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Feilim a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Feilim currently ranks #403 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.