Flannery

A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning descendant of the red-haired one.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Flannery by the numbers

Flannery was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that mean red

Like Flannery, each of these has red in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
  • Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Scarletscarlet cloth; bright red color783 in the US (2017)
  • Scarlettebright red cloth; variant of Scarlett336 in the US (2017)

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