Given name
Ailish
“one who is noble and kind”
Ailish is a variant of Ailis. One Irish interpretation is “one who is noble and kind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ailish is a variant of Ailis. One Irish interpretation is “one who is noble and kind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ailish is a variant of Ailis. An origin associated with Ailis is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ailish through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 655
- 0 boys · 655 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,955 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,955 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 52.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 583 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ailish’s family of names
Ailish has a related form in Ailis. In English usage, Ailish was borrowed from the Irish form Ailís.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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