Given name & surname · also Germanic
Eilert
“of the hard point”
Eilert is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the hard point.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the hard point.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eilert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 7 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 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 634 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.
Eilert’s family of names
Eilert has a related form in Eilart. Eilert has a related form in Eilirt. Eilert has a related form in Eilort.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Eilersvariant · German
- Elyrtvariant
- Eilyrtvariant
- Elirtvariant
- Eilirtvariant
- Elurtvariant
- Eilurtvariant
- Elortvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eilert
- Adelsteen NormannNorwegian landscape painter (1848-1918)
- Eilert MäättäSwedish ice hockey player (1935–2011)
- Eilert DahlNorwegian Nordic combined skier1919–2004
- Eilert Falch-LundSailor and businessman (1875-1960)
- Eilert SundtNorwegian theologian and sociologist (1817–1875)
- Eilert Bøhmgymnast (1900–1982)
- Eilert Ekwallphilologist, etymologist & educator (1877–1964)
- Eilert LøsethNorwegian professor and philologist1858–1945
- Eilert Waldemar Preben Rammmember of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly1769–1837
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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