girl's name
Síomha
SHEE-vuh
- Origin Irish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 310
Ireland
#127
2025 births
Síomha is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "peace" or "good peace," from sítheach. It ranks 127th in Ireland, is at its peak in our records now, and appears in no other market we hold.
- Síomha is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2025, when 37 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 1,212 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1984.
Síomha over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 1980s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 3 |
| 1990s | 9 |
| 2000s | 17 |
| 2010s | 129 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 146 |
What Síomha means
Síomha means peace, or peaceful one, generally taken from the Irish síth, peace, with a second element read as good. The word síth also means a fairy mound, and the two senses are related in Irish thought.
Where Síomha comes from
Síomha is a modern Irish spelling of the older Síthmhaith, from síth, peace, and maith, good — giving good peace. The síth element is the same one behind the sídhe, the fairy folk, whose name comes from the mounds they were said to inhabit; peace and the otherworld are connected in Irish through the idea of a place apart from ordinary strife. The medieval Síthmhaith appears in the annals as an abbess of Clonbroney. The modern spelling is a twentieth-century simplification made for registration, and it is barely older than the 1980s in general use. Síomha has no anglicization at all, which is unusual even among Irish names and is a large part of why it has stayed within the Republic.
Síomha in use
Síomha ranks 127th in Ireland with 37 births in 2025 and is at its peak in our records this year. Our records carry it from 1984. It appears in no other market we hold — not Northern Ireland, not Britain, not the United States — which places it with Laoise and Séimí among the names that have not crossed a single border.
How popular is Síomha?
In 2025, Síomha was given to 37 babies in Ireland, ranking #127 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Síomha 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 Síomha is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Siomha | Siomha is Síomha without the fada, and the spelling recorded in Ireland, where it ranks #249. | 132 |
Names that peaked alongside Síomha
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Síomha also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Síomha over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Síomha 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 Síomha
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Síomha — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Síomha
What does the name Síomha mean?
Síomha means "peace" or "good peace," from the Irish síth and maith.
How do you pronounce Síomha?
SHEE-vuh. The mh gives a v sound.
Is Síomha related to the sídhe?
The síth element is the same — the fairy mounds and the word for peace share a root.
How popular is Síomha?
127th in Ireland, and absent from every other market we hold.
Is Síomha a girl's or a boy's name?
Síomha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Síomha a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Síomha currently ranks #127 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.