Given name
Eimhir
Eimhir is a feminine given name from Old Irish. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
Eimhir’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Eimhir shares a linguistic root with the English form Emer. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Eimhir has a related form in Eamhair.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
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