Given name
Fiadh
“wild; game, deer”
Fiadh is a feminine given name from Old Irish, meaning “wild; game, deer.” It is used in Irish.
Original IrishFíadh
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fiadh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 419
- 0 boys · 419 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 96
- #1,995 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +382%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 96 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,995 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (13).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fiadh’s family of names
In Irish usage, Fiadh has a related form in Fíadh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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