Pronunciation
Blaw-nid
Meaning
Flower, little flower
Related forms: Bláthnaid (related irish form).
Alternate spellings
Bláthnaid; Bláithnaid; Blathnaid
Fun fact
Blánaid is another Irish spelling of Bláthnaid. This is another Irish flower name, like Bláithín and Bláthnat. I know a few people with these names. They have similar meanings, but the different endings give each one a different sound. Bláth is the Irish word for flower, which is the root it shares with Bláithín and Bláthnat.
Popularity in Ireland
Figures for the spelling Blánaid, Republic of Ireland.
The CSO only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. “Less than 3” means zero, one or two babies, and these years appear as gaps on the graph.
Number of babies registered each year
Less than 3 babies were registered with this spelling in each of these years.
From 2018, spellings with and without fadas are counted separately. Earlier figures group these spellings together, so the graph has a break at 2018.
View yearly figures
| Year | Babies named | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2024 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2023 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2022 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2021 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2020 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2019 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2018 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2017 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2016 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2015 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2014 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2013 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2012 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2011 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2010 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2009 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2008 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2007 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2006 | 3 | #764 |
| 2005 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2004 | 4 | #576 |
| 2003 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2002 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2001 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2000 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1999 | 4 | #439 |
| 1998 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1997 | 3 | #576 |
| 1996 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1995 | 3 | #516 |
| 1994 | 3 | #502 |
| 1993 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1992 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1991 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1990 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1989 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1988 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1987 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1986 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1985 | 5 | #421 |
| 1984 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1983 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1982 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1981 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1980 | 5 | #432 |
| 1979 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1978 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1977 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1976 | 3 | #497 |
| 1975 | 6 | #379 |
| 1974 | 6 | #374 |
| 1973 | 3 | #508 |
| 1972 | 4 | #428 |
| 1971 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1970 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1969 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1968 | 3 | #401 |
| 1967 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1966 | 3 | #380 |
| 1965 | 7 | #262 |
| 1964 | Less than 3 | - |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies’ Names, tables VSA50 and VSA60. Latest year: 2025.
