Entry № 788 · Irish origin

Aoibheann Aoibheann — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-van /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Beautiful, radiant"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "beautiful, radiant".

Aoibheann (sometimes Aoibhinn) is an Irish name meaning "beautiful" or "radiant beauty." From the Irish aoibh (smile, lovely face).

Aoibheann is widely used in modern Ireland.

Beautiful. The Irish radiant smile.

The name in its native script.

Aoibheann
Transliteration
Aoibheann
Pronunciation
/ ˈiː.vən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aoibheann stands.

Aoibheann does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aoibheanns before her.

Real people

In fiction
Aoibheann
Common in Irish fiction.

Names connected to Aoibheann.

The number behind Aoibheann.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aoibheann reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.