🔥Aoife

EE-fa

Irish Gaelic

"beautiful, radiant"

Aoife Origin and Meaning

The name Aoife is a girl's name of Irish Gaelic origin meaning "beautiful, radiant".

Aoife, pronounced EE-fa, is derived from the Irish word aoibh, meaning "beauty." Aoife was borne by several different heroines of ancient Irish legend. In one tale, she was the fiercest woman warrior in the world and enemy of her twin sister, Scathach.

Aoife is very popular in Ireland, and is catching on across the UK as well. Aoife is sometimes Anglicized as Eva, but the names are from independent origins. Eva shares roots with Eabha and Aoibhe, both also currently popular in Ireland.

Aoife Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 210 on Nameberry

Aoife Popularity

• 210 Nameberry 2024
• 786 Unique 2022
• 190 England 2021
• 108 Scotland 2023
• 31 Ireland 2023

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Famous People Named Aoife

• Aoife MacMurrough aka Eva of Leinster Irish lady of Leinster and countess of Pembroke
• Aoife Mulholland Irish actress
• Aoife Ní Fhearraigh Irish singer
• Aoife O'Donovan American musician
• Aoife Walsh Miss Ireland 2013
• Aoife McArdle Irish film director
• Aoife Mannion English footballer
• Aoife Hoey Irish bobsledder
• Aoife Kavanagh Irish TV journalist
• Aoife Clancy Irish singer of group Cherish The Ladies
• Aoife Scott Irish singer,songwriter; daughter of singer Frances Black
• Aoife Hinds (b. 1991) daughter of actor Ciaran Hinds
• Aoife Belle Foden (b. 2012) daughter of rugby union player Ben Foden and singer Una Healy of The Saturdays
• Aoife Laffan daughter of singer Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops and Michael Laffan

Aoife in Pop Culture

• Aoife twin sister of Scathach in Irish mythology
• Aoife Eve's sister who marries King Lir after her sister dies and ends up cursing her 4 stepchildren into swans in the Irish myth The Children of Lir
• Aoife character in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, based on the myth
• Aoife main character in The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
• Aoife Brubeck character in The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
• Aoife Rabbitte character in The Guts by Roddy Doyle
• Aoife Riordan character in Instructions For A Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell