Eimear

Girl · EE-mer · Irish

Big in Northern Ireland

Eimear is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies).

What does Eimear mean?

Irish: Irish form of Emer

Emer, wife of the hero Cú Chulainn, was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood.

Say it: EE-mer

Is Eimear a girl's or a boy's name?

Eimear is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eimear in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,186among girls
Babies in 2025: 29about 1 in 9,600 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Eimear, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 93 girls.

Half of all the girls named Eimear in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales and 92nd in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 93 in 20052025

Eimear in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	29	#1,186
2024	23	#1,449
2023	37	#1,004
2022	39	#956
2021	44	#876
2020	37	#987
2019	45	#878
2018	58	#744
2017	49	#851
2016	45	#901
2015	43	#915
2014	66	#665
2013	50	#816
2012	67	#677
2011	53	#764
2010	70	#624
2009	63	#643
2008	59	#681
2007	82	#511
2006	79	#522
2005	93	#444
2004	80	#480
2003	62	#553
2002	80	#445
2001	80	#435
2000	77	#444
1999	65	#503
1998	82	#425
1997	90	#408
1996	12	#1,520

Names like Eimear

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Caoimhe Erin Keira Niamh Eireann Aoibheann Caragh Teagan Ffion Cara Eilidh Caitlin

Names related to Eimear

Emer Eimhear Eimer

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