Eira

femaleWelsh

Means 'snow' in Welsh, a modern nature name; regional dialect variation is reported between North and South Wales pronunciation.

Origin: Welsh

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Norway in 2025. See regions.

Eira: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #44, reached in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eira's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

AY-rah/ˈɛi̯.ra/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Welsh
Meaning: Means 'snow' in Welsh, a modern nature name; regional dialect variation is reported between North and South Wales pronunciation.
Pronunciation: AY-rah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Welsh

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2001	#2783
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2005	#1934
2006	#2320
2007	#1741
2008	#1718
2009	#1287
2010	#1093
2011	#1225
2012	#887
2013	#772
2014	#715
2015	#549
2016	#509
2017	#464
2018	#368
2019	#448
2020	#406
2021	#361
2022	#361
2023	#311
2024	#403
2025	#379

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 35 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2025: #44 among girls in Norway, #379 among girls in England and Wales, #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #568 among girls in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #379 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Eira appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 1,762 births with the name.

Eira across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Eira's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#568 (1979)	#44 (2025)	#44 (2025)	35 of 47	1,762 (1979–2025)	139 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#311 (2023)	#379 (2025)	29 of 30	1,503 (1996–2025)	140 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#381 (2025)	#381 (2025)	6 of 15	35 (2011–2025)	10 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#350 (2021)	#350 (2021)	#407 (2024)	2 of 4	7 (2021–2024)	4 (2021)

Eira by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eira in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1990s	96	8 of 10	12
2000s	315	10 of 10	32
2010s	649	10 of 10	65
2020sbusiest	697	6 of 10	116

Across Norway · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 116 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births rose by 27, from 67 to 94.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Eira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 140 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Eira was ranked #44 in Norway · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Live#40
Signe#41
Sigrid#42
Sara#43
Marie#45
Ylva#46
Johanne#47
Mie#48

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Einar · #21, 81y
Eir · #240, 29y
Eire · #192, 21y
Eireann · #89, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mya · #44, 30y
Faith · #42, 30y
Callie · #47, 30y
Charli · #48, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Andrine · #43, 44y
Faye · #43, 49y
Skye · #45, 37y
Jessie · #46, 42y

Eira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eira without appearing here.

Eira moved ahead of

George
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1718 and #5545.
Pauline
In 2008 they stood at #1718 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1287 and #3936.
Ollie
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #3970.
Debra
In 2005 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #4157.

Moved ahead of Eira

Aria
In 1997 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #2165.
Ida
In 1997 they stood at #2096 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #2165.
Mila
In 1997 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #2701.
Harper
In 2005 they stood at #1934 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #2137.

Moved the opposite way to Eira

Aud
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 while Aud went from #204 to #427.
Bjørg
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 while Bjørg went from #163 to #369.
Camilla
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 while Camilla went from #3 to #279.
Eileen
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 while Eileen went from #356 to #501.

Moved the same way as Eira

Alice
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 and Alice from #351 to #182.
Amanda
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 and Amanda from #549 to #52.
Andrea
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 and Andrea from #195 to #98.
Annie
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eira went from #568 to #44 and Annie from #406 to #214.

Meaning & Origin

Means 'snow' in Welsh, a modern nature name; regional dialect variation is reported between North and South Wales pronunciation.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Welsh

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Eira is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Eira, between 1979 and 2025, in 35 of those 47 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1979–2025	35	#44 in 2025
England and Wales	1996–2025	29	#311 in 2023
Republic of Ireland	2011–2025	6	#381 in 2025
Northern Ireland	2021–2024	2	#350 in 2021
Scotland	2024	1	#541 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 12 years after 1979; it appears again in 1992.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

AY-rah/ˈɛi̯.ra/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Eira Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Eira in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Eira

Eira at a glance

What stands out in Eira's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eira across 4 official records

Eira by decade in Norway · Girls

Eira appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eira

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Eira and the names beside it

Eira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eira

Moved the opposite way to Eira

Moved the same way as Eira

Meaning & Origin

Where Eira is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Eira Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Eira at a glance

What stands out in Eira's record

Eira across 4 official records

Eira by decade in Norway · Girls

Eira appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eira

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Eira and the names beside it

Eira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eira

Moved the opposite way to Eira

Moved the same way as Eira