Eira f

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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Eira m for the male version.

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Eir

2) Welsh name meaning 'snow'

Related Names

Eira

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Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Eira
Genitive:	Eiras

- Finnish
Nominative:	Eira
Genitive:	Eiran
Partitive:	Eiraa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Eira
Genitive:	Eiras

- Swedish
Nominative:	Eira
Genitive:	Eiras

Name Days

Finland

9 August

Finland (Swedish Language)

9 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1878
  • late 19th century
• Norway:
  • ca 1880
  • 1883 (Bergen)
  • early 20th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1910-1919
  • 1930-1939
• Norway:
  • 2000-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Austlandet
  • Finnmark

Place Names

• The town district Eira in Helsinki, Finland, got its name from a hospital named Eira

Namesakes

• Aurora Amalia Eira Maria Hellberg ( 14 December 1884 - 24 June 1969), Swedish journalist and author

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Finland		n.a.	5606	n.a.	5599	n.a.	7
Sweden		1516	2393	1513	2389	3	4
Denmark		32	n.a.	32	n.a.	0	n.a.
Greenland		0	5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		n.a.	n.a.	1182	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: 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.

 

Statistics as female name

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