boy's name
Fiachra
FEE-uh-kra
- Origin Irish
- Gender Boy
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 1,480
Ireland
#121
2025 births
Fiachra is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "raven," and its saint became the patron of gardeners and gave the Paris taxi its name. It ranks 121st in Ireland and is rising, with its peak in our records in 2024.
- Fiachra is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2024, when 45 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 997 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1967.
Fiachra over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s 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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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 |
| 1970s | 120 |
| 1980s | 136 |
| 1990s | 224 |
| 2000s | 244 |
| 2010s | 257 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 224 |
What Fiachra means
Fiachra means raven, from the Irish fiach. The bird carried strong associations with battle and prophecy in early Irish literature, so the name is not simply ornithological — the raven attends the dead.
Where Fiachra comes from
Fiachra comes from the Irish fiach, a raven, a bird tied in early Irish tradition to the Morrígan and to battlefields. Its saint is Fiacre, a seventh-century Irish monk who settled at Breuil in Brie and became famous for his garden and his hospitality to travelers; he is the patron saint of gardeners, and his shrine drew enormous pilgrim traffic. That traffic is why the Hôtel de Saint-Fiacre in Paris rented out the first hackney carriages in the 1640s, and why a Paris cab was called a fiacre for the next three centuries — a word that entered French, German and Italian. Fiachra is also one of the children of Lir in Irish myth, turned into a swan for nine hundred years. The name has no accepted anglicization, which has kept it at home.
Fiachra in use
Fiachra ranks 121st in Ireland with 45 births in 2025 and 164th in Northern Ireland, and it is rising in our data with its peak in our records in 2024. Our records carry it from 1967. It is very rare outside the island at 2,683rd in England and Wales — which is striking given that its saint's name is a common noun in French.
How popular is Fiachra?
In 2025, Fiachra was given to 45 babies in Ireland, ranking #121 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Fiachra 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 Fiachra is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Fíachra | Fíachra is a rare spelling of Fiachra, written with a fada and recorded 3 times, mostly in Ireland. | 3 |
Names that peaked alongside Fiachra
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Fiachra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Fiachra
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Fiachra 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 Fiachra
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Fiachra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Fiachra
What does the name Fiachra mean?
Fiachra means "raven," from the Irish fiach.
How do you pronounce Fiachra?
FEE-uh-kra, with the ch as in loch.
Why is a Paris cab called a fiacre?
The first hackney carriages were rented from the Hôtel de Saint-Fiacre in the 1640s, named for the Irish saint.
Who was Saint Fiacre?
A seventh-century Irish monk who settled in Brie and became the patron saint of gardeners.
How popular is the name Fiachra?
In 2025, Fiachra was given to 45 babies in Ireland, ranking #121 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Fiachra a girl's or a boy's name?
Fiachra is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Fiachra most popular?
Fiachra peaked in 2024, when 45 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Fiachra?
Fiachra is usually shortened to Fia.
Is Fiachra a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Fiachra currently ranks #121 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.