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Girl name · Welsh origin

Ffion

Welsh origin · 100% girls · 98 born in 2025

Welsh ffion, the foxglove flower — foxglove. A twentieth-century Welsh coinage, and among the most-used Welsh names never to cross to America.

MeaningFoxglove
OriginWelsh
Syllables1
NicknamesFfi
Recorded in England & Wales6,213
Born in 202598
Themes: nature flower

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ffion per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
England & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1998 · 310
  • Born in 202598
  • All time6,213
  • England & Wales, 2025#417 · 98

How popular is Ffion?

Ffion was given to 98 babies in England and Wales in 2025. Its best year was 1998, with 310 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Ffion

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Fiona0.66
  2. Afton0.62
  3. Britton0.61
  4. Fallon0.60
  5. Brighton0.60
  6. Marion0.57
  7. Alison0.57
  8. Allison0.56

Middle names for Ffion

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ffion Alice0.78
  2. Ffion Iris0.77
  3. Ffion Ivy0.77
  4. Ffion Belle0.77
  5. Ffion Opal0.74
  6. Ffion Catherine0.74

Sibling names for Ffion

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Carasister · 0.99
  2. Hassanbrother · 0.98
  3. Jemimasister · 0.98
  4. Marysister · 0.98
  5. Tomasbrother · 0.97
  6. Bilalbrother · 0.97

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1996
  2. Peak year1998 · 310
  3. Years recorded30 of 30
  4. All time6,213

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Ffion Evans0.73
  2. Ffion Edwards0.73
  3. Ffion Allen0.73
  4. Ffion Adams0.73
  5. Ffion Williams0.69
  6. Ffion Walker0.69

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Ffion

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.