Iris

Meaning and origin of Iris

Popularity of Iris in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Iris has been rising (+11.6% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Iris every 1.5 schools, all spellings combined.

Iris in English-speaking countries

Iris ranks 59^th in England and Wales, 70^th in United States and 77^th in Ontario (Canada), against 16^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  84^th girls’ name136 babies in 3 years1 girl in 309+7% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  59^th girls’ name2,207 babies in 3 years1 girl in 348+3.8% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  77^th girls’ name357 babies in 3 years1 girl in 433+7.6% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  70^th girls’ name9,804 babies in 3 years1 girl in 493+9.3% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  119^th girls’ name76 babies in 3 years1 girl in 522+4.4% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  138^th girls’ name95 babies in 3 years1 girl in 572−1.3% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  135^th girls’ name105 babies in 3 years1 girl in 618+12.9% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  204^th girls’ name26 babies in 3 years1 girl in 866

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Iris, Irïs and Íris are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Irïs10
• Írisabroad
• Irys215
• Yris (in French)55
• Iryss5
• Irysse5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Iris

• Agathe
• Léna
• Chloé
• Zoé
• Inès
• Margot
• Margaux
• Théa
• Sasha
• Maya
• Sofia
• Zélie

See also

• →French names of Greek origin
• 16^thTop 100 French girl names