Aífe

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Either of two figures of Irish mythology:

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

Aífe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IEIreland≈1 in 667K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.3M
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 5.5M

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈87 people, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 667K (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Aife in PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Either of two figures of Irish mythology:

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aífe 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 Aífe is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈87 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Aife11
NG Nigeria≈27 est.≈1 in 7.9M—Aife7
IE Ireland≈8 est.≈1 in 667K—Aife8
GB United Kingdom≈5 est.≈1 in 13MlistedAife19
AU Australia≈5 est.≈1 in 5.5M1Aife9

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: SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)

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

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Aife

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Aífe under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Aífe mean, and where does it come from?
Either of two figures of Irish mythology: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Aífe a male or female name?
Aífe 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.
In which country does Aífe have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 87 people named Aífe in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aife.
How common is the name Aífe?
Mondonomo estimates about 87 people in the Philippines have Aífe as their first given name, about 1 in 1.3 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Aífe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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