Given name & surname
Erina
“woman from Ireland”·“a man from Ireland”
Erina is a variant of Erin. Interpretations include “woman from Ireland” and “a man from Ireland”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Erina is a variant of Erin. Interpretations include “woman from Ireland” and “a man from Ireland”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,040
- 0 boys · 1,040 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,587 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,587 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,120 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.
Erina’s family of names
In Irish usage, Erina has a related form in Erin. In Japanese usage, Erina is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 恵里奈. In Japanese usage, Erina is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.
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 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Erinahlikely spelling
- Erynalikely spelling
- 恵里奈original script · Japanese
- 絵里菜original script · Japanese
- 絵里奈original script · Japanese
- 絵理菜original script · Japanese
- 愛original script · Japanese
- 絵理奈original script · Japanese
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Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ireneequivalent
- Irinaequivalent
- Arinaequivalent
- Erenaequivalent
- Erineequivalent
- Eriaequivalent
- Erinnaequivalent
- Erimaequivalent
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People named Erina
- Erina YamaneJapanese association football playerborn 1990
- Erina IkutaJapanese female talent and actress (1997-)
- Erina ManoJapanese actress and singerborn 1991
- Erina GudonoIndonesian-American modelborn 1996
- Erina MatsuiJapanese painterborn 1984
- Elina MizunoJapanese idol singer and actressborn 1993
- Erina JekeZimbabwean association football playerborn 1990
- Erina NakayamaJapanese voice actressborn 1987
- Erina KamiyaJapanese speed skaterborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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