Names beginning with E
Every name in Namewise's catalogue whose recorded spelling begins with E, listed alphabetically. Names are grouped by the spelling a registrar published, so a name spelled differently in another country appears under that spelling's own letter.
1,019 names beginning with "E"
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A shortened form of Germanic names beginning with the element 'irmin' ('whole, great'), from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, wife of King Ethelred II and later King Canute; further popularised by Jane Austen's 1816 novel Emma.
Rival, striving, eager (traditional interpretation of the Latin root).
A diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen and other names beginning with 'El-', also used as a short form of names ending in '-ella'. Widely used across Scandinavian and Germanic languages as well as English.
The German, Scandinavian and Czech feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).
From the Roman family name Aemilius, itself from Latin 'aemulus' meaning 'rival'.
A diminutive of several longer names, particularly Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth.
A form of Elijah, commonly interpreted as 'my God is Yahweh'.
Traditionally associated with qualities like 'solid, enduring, firm'.
From the Greek Elisabet, from Hebrew Elisheva, combining 'el' (God) with 'shava' ('oath') — 'my God is an oath'. Appears in the Old Testament as Elisheba, Aaron's wife, and in the New Testament as the mother of John the Baptist.
A form of Eve used across many languages, from the Hebrew root 'hawa'.
Traditionally rendered as 'my God is Yahweh', reflecting a common theophoric naming pattern in Hebrew.
From an English surname derived from the given name Aveline. Originally more common for boys in the 17th century, now used almost entirely as a feminine name.
Shares the root meaning of Elizabeth: 'my God is an oath', inherited via the Scots form Elspeth.
Traditionally treated as the Irish form of the name Eve, carrying the same underlying sense of 'life' or 'living one'.
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