Aedh
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Aedh is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 12Mas Adh(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15Mas Adh
- USUnited States≈1 in 28Mas Adh
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Aedh itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 19 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12M (inferred from the name graph)
≈12 named Adh, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est., as Adh
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Adh in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aedh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 28M | — | Adh | 19 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 15M | listed | Adh | 8 |
| AU Australia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 12M | — | Adh | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aodh Méithb. 1101not in their usual nameIrish king of Tír Eoghain
- Hugh O'Donnellb. 1540GBnot in their usual nameking of Tyrconnell (Rí of Tír Chonaill) in medieval Ireland
- Aodh Mac Cathmhaoilb. 1571IEnot in their usual nameIrish Franciscan Archbishop of Armagh (1571–1626)
- Hugh Wardb. 1592ESnot in their usual nameIrish Franciscan poet, historian and hagiographer
- Aodh Óg Mac Mathúnab. 1606not in their usual nameIrish conspirator
- Aodh Buí Mac Cruitínb. 1680not in their usual nameIrish poet and antiquarian
- Aodh Mac Gabhráinb. 1700IEnot in their usual nameIrish poet
- Aodh De Blácamb. 1890IEnot in their usual namejournalist, writer, editor
- Aodh Mac Dhubháinb. 1911IEnot in their usual nameIrish writer, actor, and teacher (1911-1980)
- Aodh mac Diarmada Mac an Bhairdnot in their usual nameIrish poet
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2003 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Aedh a male or female name?
- Aedh is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Aedh have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 people named Adh in the United States, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Aedh?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 people in the United States have Adh as their first given name, about 1 in 28 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Aedh?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aedhThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aedh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.