Aoife
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning beautiful radiant woman.
Aoife by the numbers
In 2025, 265 babies in England and Wales were named Aoife. In the US, 107 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aoife. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisenoble; a modern respelling of Alice66 in the US (2017)
- Amireprince; a form of Amir38 in the US (2017)
- Alinenoble; a form of Adeline37 in the US (2017)
- Afifamodest, virtuous, chaste11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aniseanise plant; from anison6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Aoife, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Aoife, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Aoife
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