Seoidín
Say it: sho-DEEN
GirlIrishMeans little jewel7 letters2 syllables
#273
in Ireland (2025)
#276 with spellings combined
15
babies in 2025
#181
best rank (2024)
141
babies since 2007
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10-year rank change
Seoidín through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #276 |
| 2024 | 25 | #181 |
| 2023 | 7 | #484 |
| 2022 | 15 | #288 |
| 2021 | 6 | #571 |
| 2020 | 10 | #375 |
| 2019 | 11 | #360 |
| 2018 | 7 | #504 |
| 2017 | 3 | #872 |
| 2016 | 10 | #422 |
| 2015 | 4 | #755 |
| 2014 | 5 | #663 |
| 2013 | 6 | #590 |
| 2012 | 4 | #769 |
| 2011 | 3 | #932 |
| 2010 | 3 | #909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #751 |
| 2007 | 3 | #841 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined; the CSO only recorded fadas from 2018.
★ What does Seoidín mean?
Little jewel
Irish, from seoid (jewel) with the small ending -ín.
Say it right
shoDEEN
"Seo" sounds like "sho". Some speakers stress the first syllable, SHO-deen, and the slender d can sound close to a j.
Not:SEE-oh-dinSAY-oh-deen
The story of Seoidín
Seoidín is built from the Irish word seoid, a jewel or gem, with the small ending -ín, so it means “little jewel”. Seoid goes back to the Old Irish sét, a word for a valuable object or treasure.
Like Saoirse and Aoibhinn, it is an everyday Irish word turned into a name, rather than the name of a saint or a figure from legend. That makes it a young name, and it is still rare outside Ireland.
Seoidín first appears in the CSO records in 2007, given to three girls. It grew slowly through the 2010s and had its best year in 2024, when 25 girls were given it and it reached number 181. The CSO counts the spellings with and without the fada separately. Since the CSO began recording fadas in 2018, almost every family has written it Seoidín.
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Sources
- Wiktionary: seoid (Irish noun)
- CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
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Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Seoidín | 15 | 96 |
| Seoidin | under 3 | 45 |