Eirinn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-in
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Eirinn is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “Ireland”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies).
What does Eirinn mean?
Irish: from Éirinn, a form of Éire, Ireland
“Ireland”
From Éirinn, a form of Éire, the Irish name for Ireland, which also gave English the name Erin.
Is Eirinn a girl's or a boy's name?
Eirinn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eirinn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Eirinn, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eirinn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were given Eirinn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 117th in Northern Ireland.
Eirinn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Eirinn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Aoibheann, Fiadh, Cassidy, Caoimhe, Raegan, Orla, Teagan, Quinn, Kiara, Rowan, Eowyn
Other spellings of Eirinn
Names related to Eirinn
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
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, “Eirinn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eirinn, updated 20 October 2026.