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Siofra Siofra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEE-fra /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Elf / sprite (Irish foundational mythological)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "elf / sprite (irish foundational mythological)".

Siofra is from the Irish Síofraelf, sprite, changeling, fairy child. A modern American baby name in the broader Irish-Celtic mythological heritage aesthetic. Siofra is one of the foundational Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish mythological heritage. The foundational Irish síofra is foundational central to foundational Irish folklore + foundational Aos Sí (the People of the Mounds / Tuatha Dé Danann) + foundational foundational Sídhe (fairy mounds) + foundational Banshee (Bean Sídhe — fairy woman) + foundational Leprechaun (Lú Chorpán — small body) + foundational Changeling heritage (foundational belief that fairies replaced human children with fairy substitutes) + foundational central to foundational Irish pre-Christian + Celtic mythological heritage + foundational Brú na Bóinne foundational Newgrange + Knowth + Dowth megalithic Sídhe-mound complex c. 3200 BCE + foundational UNESCO World Heritage Site + foundational influencing foundational W.B. Yeats The Stolen Child 1886 + Lady Gregory Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland 1920. Foundational Irish feminine name reflecting Celtic Indigenous folkloric heritage.

Featured throughout Irish heritage.

Elf / sprite (Irish). Foundational Irish-Celtic feminine + foundational Irish Síofra elf + sprite + changeling + fairy child + foundational Irish síofra + foundational Irish folklore + foundational Aos Sí the People of the Mounds / Tuatha Dé Danann + foundational Sídhe fairy mounds + foundational Banshee Bean Sídhe fairy woman + foundational Leprechaun Lú Chorpán small body + foundational Changeling heritage + foundational belief that fairies replaced human children with fairy substitutes + foundational Irish pre-Christian + Celtic mythological heritage + foundational Brú na Bóinne foundational Newgrange + Knowth + Dowth megalithic Sídhe-mound complex c. 3200 BCE + foundational UNESCO World Heritage Site + foundational W.B. Yeats The Stolen Child 1886 + Lady Gregory Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland 1920.

The name in its native script.

Síofra
Transliteration
Síofra
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃiː.frə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Siofra stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Siofra · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Siofras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Síofra
Irish elf / sprite / changeling + Aos Sí + Sídhe + Tuatha Dé Danann.
Irish mythology

Names connected to Siofra.

The number behind Siofra.

1

The Pioneer

Siofra reduces to one.

Why families chose this name.

"Irish elf. Six letters. Siofra."
Dearbhail · Mother of one · Donegal