Given name
Eirian
“one who is bright and beautiful”
Eirian is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is bright and beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “one who is bright and beautiful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eirian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 21 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,977 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,977 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eirian’s family of names
Eirian has a related form in Eiriana. Eirian has a related form in Eiriane. Eirian has a related form in Eiriann.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Eirian
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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