Given name
Caoimhe
“one who is charming and beautiful”
Caoimhe is used as a given name. One Irish interpretation is “one who is charming and beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “one who is charming and beautiful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caoimhe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 355
- 0 boys · 355 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,275 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,275 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 290 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.
Caoimhe’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Caoimhe has a later derivative in Keavy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Caoimhe
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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