Given name & surname
Eira
“relief”
Eira is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 878
- 0 boys · 878 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 116 babies
- 2025
- 116
- #1,749 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +49%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 116 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,749 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 671 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eira’s family of names
Eira may belong to the same name family as EIRRA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Eira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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