Given name & surname
Eros
“love”
Eros is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Original GreekΈρος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eros goes back to Ancient Greek Ἔρως, meaning “love.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἔρως, from English Eros, from French Éros, from Spanish Eros, from Polish Eros, from Italian Eros.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Eros is associated with the god of love.
Eros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,033
- 2,033 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 146 babies
- 2025
- 146
- #1,324 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 146 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,324 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 53.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Florida shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (25 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,345 as a first name in 2020; 240 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eros’s family of names
Eros has a related form in Eroce. Eros has a related form in Erose. In Greek usage, Eros as a surname is a transliteration of Έρος.
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 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 Eros
- Eros RamazzottiItalian musician (born 1963)
- Eros RiccioItalian chess playerborn 1977
- Eros CapecchiItalian road bicycle racerborn 1986
- Eros Poliroad bicycle racerborn 1963
- Eros GrezdaAlbanian footballerborn 1995
- Eros VlahosEnglish actorborn 1995
- Eros PisanoItalian footballer (born 1987)
- Eros VolúsiaBrazilian dancer1914–2004
- Eros BeraldoItalian footballer (1929–2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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