Eire
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-uh
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Eire is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “Ireland”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies).
What does Eire mean?
Irish: Irish name for Ireland
“Ireland”
Éire is the Irish name for Ireland, from Ériu, a goddess of the land in Irish mythology.
Is Eire a girl's or a boy's name?
Eire is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eire in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 107% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Eire, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th.
2025 had the most girls named Eire of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Eire in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland and 177th in Northern Ireland.
Eire in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
Names like Eire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Eireann Fiadh Caoimhe Aoibheann Aoife Maeve Cassidy Orla Raegan Bree Kiara
Names related to Eire
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
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, “Eire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eire, updated 20 October 2026.