Siomha: Meaning, Pronunciation and Origin
Siomha is an Irish girl's name meaning “good peace.” Here’s how to say it, where it comes from, and names that go well with it.
Updated September 2026
- Irish spelling
- Síomha
- Meaning
- Good peace
- Gender
- Girl
- Popularity in Ireland
- No. 127 for girls (2025)
How do you pronounce Siomha?
Siomha is pronounced SHEE-va. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first. It can also be said SHEE-wa.
What does Siomha mean?
Síomha is the modern form of Síthmaith, an Old Irish name made from síth and maith, “good.” Síth usually means “peace,” which gives the reading “good peace,” though an Old Irish word spelled the same way meant a fairy mound, the home of the people of the otherworld.
The name appears in the early Irish annals: Síthmaith, abbess of Cluain Bairenn, a convent on the west bank of the Shannon opposite Clonmacnoise, died in the late 700s. The Irish-language broadcaster Síomha Ní Ruairc is a well-known modern bearer.
Sources: Behind the Name, Wikipedia, eDIL, the Dictionary of the Irish Language, medievalscotland.org.
How popular is Siomha in Ireland?
In 2025, 37 baby girls in Ireland were named Síomha, which made it No. 127 that year. That's up from No. 264 ten years earlier. It first appears in the records in 1984, with 3 baby girls.
See the numbers by year
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | No. 127 (Síomha) |
| 2024 | 28 | No. 166 (Síomha) |
| 2023 | 16 | No. 247 (Síomha) |
| 2022 | 18 | No. 237 (Síomha) |
| 2021 | 21 | No. 221 (Síomha) |
| 2020 | 26 | No. 178 (Síomha) |
| 2019 | 14 | No. 313 (Síomha) |
| 2018 | 18 | No. 255 (Síomha) |
| 2017 | 19 | No. 249 (Siomha) |
| 2016 | 21 | No. 228 (Siomha) |
| 2015 | 19 | No. 264 (Siomha) |
| 2014 | 8 | No. 494 (Siomha) |
| 2013 | 6 | No. 587 (Siomha) |
| 2012 | 8 | No. 510 (Siomha) |
| 2011 | 6 | No. 612 (Siomha) |
| 2010 | 10 | No. 444 (Siomha) |
| 2009 | 3 | No. 893 (Siomha) |
| 2008 | 3 | No. 862 (Siomha) |
| 2006 | 5 | No. 550 (Siomha) |
| 2003 | 3 | No. 655 (Siomha) |
| 2002 | 3 | No. 620 (Siomha) |
| 1999 | 3 | No. 528 (Siomha) |
| 1995 | 6 | No. 384 (Siomha) |
| 1984 | 3 | No. 516 (Siomha) |
Siomha 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 Siomha, letter by letter.
- SSail, willow
- IIodhadh, yew
- OOnn, gorse
- MMuin, vine
- HUath, hawthorn
- AAilm, pine
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Names that go with Siomha
Questions about Siomha
- How do you pronounce Siomha?
- Siomha is pronounced SHEE-va. Two syllables, stress on the first.
- What does Siomha mean?
- Siomha means “good peace.”
- Is Siomha a girl's name or a boy's name?
- Siomha is a girl's name.
- How do you spell Siomha in Irish?
- In Irish it's spelled Síomha. That's the spelling most parents in Ireland now register, according to the Central Statistics Office.
- How popular is Siomha in Ireland?
- In 2025, Síomha was No. 127 for girls in Ireland, with 37 babies, according to the Central Statistics Office. That's the highest it has ever ranked.