Given name & surname
Eagle
“resembling the bird”
Eagle is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “resembling the bird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “resembling the bird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eagle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 96 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 232 as a first name in 2020; 7,644 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eagle’s family of names
In English usage, Eagle as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form Adler. Eagle has a related form in Eagel. Eagle has a related form in Eegel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eagle has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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