Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Eiler 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 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eiler through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,554 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,554 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,171 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.
Eiler’s family of names
In German usage, Eiler as a surname has a related form in EILERS. In German usage, Eiler as a surname has a related form in EYLER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eiler
- Eiler Lehn SchiølerDanish banker and ornithologist (1874–1929)
- Eiler Rasmussen EilersenDanish artist (1827-1912)
- Eiler Eilersen Hagerup(1718-1789)
- Eiler HagerupNorwegian lawyer and civil servant1736–1795
- Eiler Hansen HagerupNorwegian bishop (1685-1743)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.