Given name & surname · also Turkish
Er
“city”·“aroused”·“wild ass”
Er is a surname from Turkish, ultimately from Teochew. It is used in English, Turkish, and Tocharian B.
Original Hebrewער
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Er means “city,” “aroused” or “wild ass.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Er comes from Turkish, and ultimately from Teochew.
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How it developed
From Turkish Er, from Hokkien 余 (Îr), from Teochew 余 (e5).
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Er appears in Genesis 38:3, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 38:10 and 1 other passage.
- Genesis 38:3
- Genesis 38:7
- Genesis 38:10
- Luke 3:28
From biblical name research
Er’s family of names
In Tocharian B usage, Er shares a linguistic root with ERJAN. Er is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 𐽰𐽾.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Irashares a root
- Erishares a root
- Eranshares a root
- Iradshares a root
- Arshares a root
- Shinarshares a root
- Maarathshares a root
- Jaare-oregimshares a root
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People named Er
- Laozi6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism579 BC–500 BC
- Zhang ErChinese general who fought against the Qin Dynasty
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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