Eiress

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eiress by the numbers

Eiress was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Eiress

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eiress. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Empresssovereign female ruler; title used as name106 in the US (2017)
  • Eirenepeace13 in the US (2017)
  • Eirlyssnowdrop flower7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eiryssnowdrop flower; a form of Eirlys4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Eiress

Names that are said the same way as Eiress, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Erisdiscord; strife; Greek goddess126 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Eiress

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