Niamh
Niamh is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Bright; radiant.
What Niamh means
Bright; radiant.
Niamh sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Niamh 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.
Niamh is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Niamh?
Niamh is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Niamh 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 Niamh
We group Niamh under light and brightness and the Irish tradition — 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 Niamh
These share Niamh's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nuala — White shoulder; fair.
- Saoirse — Freedom, liberty.
- Sinead — God is gracious.
- Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
- Aoibhinn — Radiant and beautiful.
- Aoife — Beautiful; radiant.
- Etain — The shining one.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
- Laoise — Radiant girl; light.
- Maeve — She who intoxicates; queen.
- Muireann — Sea-fair; of the white sea.
- Sorcha — Brightness; radiant.