Aoibheann

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Aoibheann is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ireland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Traditional Irish Gaelic name (pronounced ‘ge-ven’), meaning ‘beautiful’.

rarermore common
  • IEIreland≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1M
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ireland (inferred from the name graph)

≈160 people, est.

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Traditional Irish Gaelic name (pronounced ‘ge-ven’), meaning ‘beautiful’. It was a fairly common name among the ancient royal families of Ireland, and has recently been revived. Variant: Aoibhinn. Usual Anglicized form: Eavan.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aoibheann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Aoibheann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IE Ireland#692≈160 est.≈1 in 32K74Aoibheann60
GB United Kingdom—≈64 est.≈1 in 1M20Aoibheann63
US United States—≈27 est.≈1 in 12M5Aoibheann63
AU Australia—≈23 est.≈1 in 1.1M1Aoibheann23
CA Canada—≈2 est.≈1 in 17M1—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Aoibheann is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ireland, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Aoibheánn, Aóibheann

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Aoibheann is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Irish Gaelic: traditional name meaning ‘beautiful’. It was borne by a number of women in the early history of the royal family of Ireland. Variant: Aoibhinn. Anglicized form: Eavan .

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1960198020002020Aoibheann Sweeney, b. 1969Aoibheann Reilly, b. 2000Aoibheann Clancy, b. 2003

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Aoibheann
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)2012115#59
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)2011106#69
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)2008102#71
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201795#67
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201092#76
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201488#77
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)200988#79
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201385#76
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201682#80
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201578#83
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)200678#76
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201876#80

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Aoibheann have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 164 people named Aoibheann in Ireland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aoibheann.
What are other forms of the name Aoibheann?
In the etymology graph, Eavan, Aoibhinn and Aoibhín are forms of the same name in other languages.
Where does the name Aoibheann come from?
Traditional Irish Gaelic name (pronounced ‘ge-ven’), meaning ‘beautiful’. It was a fairly common name among the ancient royal families of Ireland, and has recently been revived. Variant: Aoibhinn. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
How common is the name Aoibheann?
Mondonomo estimates about 160 people in Ireland have Aoibheann as their first given name, about 1 in 32 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Aoibheann compared with other names?
In Ireland, Aoibheann is the 692nd most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What does the name Aoibheann mean?
Recorded meaning: Traditional Irish Gaelic name (pronounced ‘ge-ven’), meaning ‘beautiful’.
Is Aoibheann a male or female name?
Aoibheann is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aoibheann” — the 692nd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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