Eimhear
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-ver
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Eimhear is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Eimhear mean?
Irish: Irish form of Emer
Irish form of Emer, wife of the hero Cu Chulainn, praised for her beauty, wisdom and fine needlework.
Is Eimhear a girl's or a boy's name?
Eimhear is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eimhear in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Eimhear, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eimhear in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 397th in Northern Ireland.
Eimhear in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
Names like Eimhear
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Aoibheann Eireann Keira Teagan Caragh Raegan Bree Cassidy Eire Eimear Caitlin
Names related to Eimhear
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eimhear: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eimhear, updated 20 October 2026.