Given name & surname
Eri
“woman from Ireland”·“a man from Ireland”·“a nobleman”
Eri is a variant of Erin. Interpretations include “woman from Ireland” and “a man from Ireland”. These may reflect different naming traditions. Eri is a variant of Earl. One English interpretation is “a nobleman.”
Original Hebrewערי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eri is a variant of Erin. Interpretations include “woman from Ireland” and “a man from Ireland”. These may reflect different naming traditions. Eri is a variant of Earl. One English interpretation is “a nobleman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eri is a variant of Earl. Earl has been associated with English and Old English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Eri appears in Genesis 46:16, Numbers 26:16.
- Genesis 46:16
- Numbers 26:16
From biblical name research
Eri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 904
- 391 boys · 513 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #4,008 for girls · #11,068 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +295%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,008 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,038 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.
Eri’s family of names
Eri has a related form in Erin. Eri has a related form in Earl. In Japanese usage, Eri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of えり.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 11
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Erielikely spelling
- 絵利original script · Japanese
- 英理original script · Japanese
- 瑛里original script · Japanese
- 絵梨original script · Japanese
- 恵里original script · Japanese
- 絵里original script · Japanese
- 恵理original script · Japanese
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Erikalso known as · Czech
- Irashares a root
- Eranshares a root
- Iradshares a root
- Arshares a root
- Ershares a root
- Shinarshares a root
- Maarathshares a root
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People named Eri
- Eri KitamuraJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1987
- Eri TosakaJapanese amateur wrestlerborn 1993
- Eri KameiJapanese singer, actress and model (former Morning Musume member)born 1988
- Eri KlasEstonian conductor (1939–2016)
- Eri HozumiJapanese tennis playerborn 1994
- Eri FukatsuJapanese actress, singerborn 1973
- Eri YamadaJapanese softball playerborn 1984
- Eri YonamineJapanese racing cyclistborn 1991
- Eri JabotinskyIsraeli politician and mathematician (1910-1969)
Characters named Eri: Eri Kisaki (Case Closed).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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