Aoibhinn
Aoibhinn is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Radiant and beautiful.
What Aoibhinn means
Radiant and beautiful.
Aoibhinn sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Aoibhinn comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Aoibhinn is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Aoibhinn?
Aoibhinn is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Aoibhinn is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Aoibhinn
We group Aoibhinn under grace and gentleness and light and brightness — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Aoibhinn
These share Aoibhinn's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
- Nuala — White shoulder; fair.
- Bronwyn — Fair and pure of breast.
- Indira — Beauty; splendour.
- Hadar — Splendour; glory.
- Aifric — Pleasant and agreeable.
- Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
- Aoife — Beautiful; radiant.
- Caoimhe — Gentle, beautiful and precious.
- Deirdre — She who whispers; sorrowful beauty.
- Etain — The shining one.
- Grainne — Grain; grace; love.