Given name
Eris
“wind”
Eris is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish and Albanian.
Original GreekΈρης
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eris probably goes back to a word meaning “wind.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Eris is associated with the goddess of discord.
Eris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,343
- 538 boys · 2,805 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 236 babies
- 2025
- 154
- #1,623 for girls · #4,071 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 13% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 128 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,623 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 226 in 1923. It also appeared in 26 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,123 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.
Eris’s family of names
Eris has a related form in Eriss. Eris has a related form in Erisse. Eris has a related form in Erys.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eris
- Eris AbediniKosovan association football playerborn 1998
- Eris PatonNew Zealand cricketer (1928-2004)
- Eris O'BrienAustralian Catholic prelate (1895–1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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