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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Irish
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Cathaoir is a masculine given name documented in Irish.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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Published statistics
Northern Ireland, 2025: 5 boys (rank 314).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1997–2025 Spelling: Cathaoir
Recorded category boys
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Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency · NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 1999 | 4 | 241 | observed |
| 2000 | 4 | 244 | observed |
| 2001 | 4 | 243 | observed |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 2004 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 2005 | 4 | 265 | observed |
| 2006 | 4 | 282 | observed |
| 2007 | 6 | 255 | observed |
| 2008 | 4 | 328 | observed |
| 2009 | 5 | 293 | observed |
| 2010 | 4 | 339 | observed |
| 2011 | 4 | 311 | observed |
| 2012 | 5 | 311 | observed |
| 2013 | 5 | 303 | observed |
| 2014 | 8 | 243 | observed |
| 2015 | 8 | 237 | observed |
| 2016 | 6 | 281 | observed |
| 2017 | no value | no value | suppressed |
| 2018 | 6 | 283 | observed |
| 2019 | 9 | 226 | observed |
| 2020 | 4 | 334 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 8 | 234 | observed |
| 2023 | 5 | 312 | observed |
| 2024 | 4 | 339 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 314 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Cathaoir” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-04-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · OGL-UK-3.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
CATHAOIR— “battle slaughter”
CATHAOIR, _m._ _Erse_, Kelt. battle slaughter, 252
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
