Given name
Eara
“woman from the East”
Eara is used as a given name. One Scottish interpretation is “woman from the East.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “woman from the East.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 0 boys · 83 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 9 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 girls is 5 in 1942. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1919.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eara’s family of names
Eara has a related form in Earah. Eara has a related form in Earea. Eara has a related form in Earee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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