Given name
Errin
“woman from Ireland”·“a man from Ireland”
Errin 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
Errin 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 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Errin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,119
- 271 boys · 848 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,103 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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