Breege vs Cliodhna
Breege and Cliodhnacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 1997, Breege was ranked #576 and Cliodhna #145 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
Breege and Cliodhna over time
Breege and Cliodhna appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Cliodhna held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Breege in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Breege reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Cliodhna in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Breege and Cliodhna changed places 4 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1969 and 1997, ending at #576 and #145.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Girls22 shared years, 1969–1997
Breege held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Cliodhna in 17.
Highest recorded here: Breege #272 in 1981, Cliodhna #145 in 1997.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1997: Breege #576, Cliodhna #145.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Breege | Cliodhna |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | IE | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #576 (1997) | England and Wales · Girls #3705 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Breege and Cliodhna both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Breege
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1997
Highest recorded position: #272 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1964–1997).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1997
Most recently recorded at #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1997.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Cliodhna
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #297 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #52 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3705 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls