girl's name
Siun
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 796
Ireland
#137
as Siún, 2025
Siun is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 39 babies in Ireland, ranking #145. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2011, when 48 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- First appears in birth records in 1982.
Siun 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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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 21 |
| 2000s | 139 |
| 2010s (to 2017) | 387 |
| 2020s (to 2017) | 227 |
How popular is Siun?
In 2017, Siun was given to 39 babies in Ireland, ranking #145 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Siun 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 Siun is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Siún | Siún is Siun written with a fada, used in Ireland, where it ranks #137. | 302 |
Names that peaked alongside Siun
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Siun also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Siun over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Siun 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.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Siún
Sibling names for Siun
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Siun — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Siun
How popular is the name Siun?
In 2017, Siun was given to 39 babies in Ireland, ranking #145 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Siun a girl's or a boy's name?
Siun is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Siun most popular?
Siun peaked in 2011, when 48 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Siun a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Siun currently ranks #137 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.