Ffion
Welsh, meaning “foxglove”*
Girl’s name
What Ffion means
Welsh, meaning “foxglove”
From ffion (“foxglove”).
Source: Wiktionary, “Ffion” (revision 83853541), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Ffion?
▲ 54 vs 2024
England & Wales: Falling: down from #293 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 5 girls got the name (#15306 that year). First in the US records in 2018.
How common
- About 1 in 2,584 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
US vs UK
Ffion is #413 in England & Wales. It is not in the US list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | – | – | – | – |
| England & Wales | #413 | 98 | 1 in 2,584 | #293 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of England & Wales babies named Ffion were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 98 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 10 | 0 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 6,213 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Ffion
Girls
- Kehlani#148Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025
- Rose#114Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1917, with 9,783 babies; 2,386 in 2025
- Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
- Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”*
- Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
- Anastasia#163“resurrection”*
For a brother
- Rhett#188“advice”*
- Calvin#132“bald”*
- Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
- Matias#170From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”*
- Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
- Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ffion’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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