Eowyn
Girl · AY-oh-win · Old English
Eowyn is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “horse + joy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,163rd for girls in the UK (30 babies) and 1,467th for girls in the US (146 babies).
What does Eowyn mean?
Old English: coined by J.R.R. Tolkien from Old English
“horse + joy”
Éowyn is the shieldmaiden of Rohan in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings who defeats the Witch-king.
- Say it
- AY-oh-win
Is Eowyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Eowyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the UK and 146 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eowyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,163among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 9,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 119% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were named Eowyn, making it the 1,163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Eowyn of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Eowyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Eowyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,163 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Eowyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,467among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 146about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were named Eowyn, making it the 1,467th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most girls named Eowyn of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Eowyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eowyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,467 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 96 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,140 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,976 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,096 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,757 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Eowyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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