Erin

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

English and Irish form of the Gaelic name Éirinn which is the dative case of Éire = 'Ireland' ^[1]

The name of the country derives either from a root word related to Gaelic iar = 'west' or it is a combination of Gaelic i = 'island' and iarunn = 'iron' ^[2]

Related Names

Erin	♀
Erina	♀
Eryn	♀

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

7 November

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		99	189	12	13
Denmark[4]		41	n.a.	8	n.a
Norway[5]		30	86	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	574	n.a	4
#: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Erin.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi