Irlanda

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Irlanda is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish78%

  From the Viking name for ancient Hibernia; 'land of Éire'. Used sporadically as a given name.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English7.6%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Irlanda in English.

• Portuguese6.8%

  Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe; capital and largest city: Dublim)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Irlanda is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

  Also written Ïrlandâ

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Irlanda is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Esperanto, Irish (of or pertaining to island of Ireland, the country of Ireland, the Irish people, or the Irish language)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Albanian, definite nominative singular of Irlandë

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Irlanda mean, and where does it come from?

From the Viking name for ancient Hibernia; 'land of Éire'. Used sporadically as a given name. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.

How do you pronounce Irlanda?

A machine transcription gives /iɾlanda/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Irlanda a male or female name?

Irlanda is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Ecuador (INEC, 2024), Brazil (IBGE) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Irlanda have the most bearers?

In Ecuador, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Irlanda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled irlanda.

Where is Irlanda most common?

Irlanda is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 8.2 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Irlanda?

In Ecuador, the national register counted 2,068 people named Irlanda in 2024, about 1 in 8.2 thousand residents.

How common is Irlanda compared with other names?

In Ecuador, Irlanda is the 627th most common given name of 27,061 given names recorded there.