Fiadh: Meaning, Pronunciation and Origin
Fiadh is an Irish girl's name meaning “wild, deer.” Here’s how to say it, where it comes from, and names that go well with it.
Updated September 2026
- Meaning
- Wild, deer
- Gender
- Girl
- Also spelled
- Fíadh
- Popularity in Ireland
- No. 3 for girls (2025)
How do you pronounce Fiadh?
Fiadh is pronounced FEE-a. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Other spellings: Fíadh.
What does Fiadh mean?
Fiadh is the older spelling of the Irish word fia, meaning “deer” or “wild.” It goes back to the Old Irish fíad, “wild animal, deer,” and in literary Irish fiadh can also mean “respect” or “esteem.” The word is familiar from fulacht fiadh, the name for a kind of ancient cooking site found all over Ireland.
As a given name Fiadh is new. It was almost unknown until the 1990s, when it first appeared in the national baby-name statistics, and it belongs to a wave of modern names taken straight from Irish words. Some families spell it Fíadh.
Sources: Behind the Name, Wikipedia, Ó Dónaill's Irish dictionary (teanglann.ie), en.wiktionary.org, irishtimes.com.
How popular is Fiadh in Ireland?
In 2025, 273 baby girls in Ireland were named Fiadh, which made it No. 3 that year. Another 82 were registered as Fiádh or Fíadh. That's up from No. 35 ten years earlier. It was most popular in 2021, when 424 baby girls were named Fiadh, No. 1 that year. It first appears in the records in 2002, with 3 baby girls.
See the numbers by year
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 355 | No. 3 (Fiadh) |
| 2024 | 379 | No. 5 (Fiadh) |
| 2023 | 388 | No. 2 (Fiadh) |
| 2022 | 402 | No. 3 (Fiadh) |
| 2021 | 513 | No. 1 (Fiadh) |
| 2020 | 423 | No. 2 (Fiadh) |
| 2019 | 388 | No. 3 (Fiadh) |
| 2018 | 346 | No. 10 (Fiadh) |
| 2017 | 242 | No. 21 (Fiadh) |
| 2016 | 235 | No. 24 (Fiadh) |
| 2015 | 186 | No. 35 (Fiadh) |
| 2014 | 86 | No. 80 (Fiadh) |
| 2013 | 78 | No. 82 (Fiadh) |
| 2012 | 39 | No. 146 (Fiadh) |
| 2011 | 31 | No. 189 (Fiadh) |
| 2010 | 16 | No. 319 (Fiadh) |
| 2009 | 8 | No. 488 (Fiadh) |
| 2008 | 14 | No. 341 (Fiadh) |
| 2007 | 7 | No. 505 (Fiadh) |
| 2004 | 4 | No. 576 (Fiadh) |
| 2003 | 3 | No. 655 (Fiadh) |
| 2002 | 3 | No. 620 (Fiadh) |
Fiadh in Ogham
Ogham is the oldest way of writing Irish. It was carved along the edges of standing stones, mostly between the 4th and 6th centuries, and read from the bottom up. In later tradition each letter was named after a tree or plant. Here’s Fiadh, letter by letter.
- FFearn, alder
- IIodhadh, yew
- AAilm, pine
- DDair, oak
- HUath, hawthorn
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Names that go with Fiadh
Questions about Fiadh
- How do you pronounce Fiadh?
- Fiadh is pronounced FEE-a. Two syllables, stress on the first.
- What does Fiadh mean?
- Fiadh means “wild, deer.”
- Is Fiadh a girl's name or a boy's name?
- Fiadh is a girl's name.
- How popular is Fiadh in Ireland?
- In 2025, Fiadh was No. 3 for girls in Ireland, with 273 babies, according to the Central Statistics Office. It was most popular in 2021, at No. 1.