Girl · Irish
Erin
Say it: AIR-in
Meaning
From Irish Éirinn, a form of Éire 'Ireland', long used poetically for the country.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a given name mostly outside Ireland; popular in the US from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 323,802 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1983, about 1 in 113 girls
- 618 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Eryn, Erinn
| Irish | Éirinn |
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Famous bearers
- Erin Brockovich, American activist
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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