Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Eider isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eider through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 749
- 742 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 217 babies
- 2025
- 204
- #1,064 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +812%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 204 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,064 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (29). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 137 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.
Eider’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eider
- Éider ArévaloOlympic racewalkerborn 1993
- Eider Merino Cortazarcyclistborn 1994
- Eider GardiazabalSpanish politician and MEPborn 1975
- Eider MendozaBasque politician and economistborn 1974
- Eider RodriguezBasque writerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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