Eir

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse eir = 'protection, help' (see also EIR) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Related Names

Eir	♀
Eira	♀
Eirá	♀
Eiri	♂
Eirin	♀

Combinations

For combinations see EIR (name element)

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Eir
Accusative:	Eiri
Dative:	Eiri
Genitive:	Eirar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Eir
Accusative:	Eir
Dative:	Eir
Genitive:	Eirar

Further Information

Mythology

Eir is the name of the Norse goddess of healing. ^[6]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[7]		80	130	0	0
Sweden[8]		7	30	0	3
Denmark[9]		5	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[10]		n.a.	5	n.a	5
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^{[8][9][7][10]}:

Sources: ^{[8] [9] [7] [10]}

References

1. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
6. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi