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13,457Eiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Its meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used to write it. The name is composed of the element 'Ei,' which can be written with kanji meaning 'glory, honour, flourish, p...
Eila is a female given name used primarily in Finland, whose exact origin is uncertain. It is possibly a variant of Aila, itself a Finnish form of the Sami name Áile, ultimately derived from Helga (meaning 'holy'). Anoth...
Eileen is an Irish feminine given name that has become popular in the English-speaking world. It is an Anglicized form of Eibhlín, which is itself derived from the Norman French name Aveline. Through the Germanic root Av...
Eileithyia is the Greek form of Ilithyia, derived from the Ancient Greek Eiλείθυια, meaning "the readycomer." In Greek mythology, she was the goddess of childbirth and midwifery, a role that made her both revered and inv...
Eilidh is a Scottish Gaelic feminine given name, pronounced AY-lee (Scottish Gaelic: [ˈe.lɪ]). Primarily a diminutive of Eilionoir, the Scottish Gaelic form of Eleanor, Eilidh is also commonly taken to be a Gaelic equiva...
Eilionoir is the Scottish Gaelic form of Eleanor. The name Eleanor itself derives from the Old French form of the Occitan name Alienòr, popularized across Europe by the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century). Th...
Eilís is an Irish Gaelic form of Elizabeth, sometimes also used as a form of Alice. Derived from the French Élise, a clipping of Élisabeth, Eilís has become a distinctively Irish name, often anglicized as Eilish or Ailis...
Eilish is an Anglicized form of Eilís, the Irish Gaelic variation of Elizabeth (or sometimes Alice). The name traces its roots back to the Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾElishevaʿ), meaning "my God is an oath," derived from אֵל (ʾ...
Eilonwy (pronounced ahy-LON-wee) is a literary name invented by author Lloyd Alexander for his fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968) and later used in the Disney animated film The Black Cauldron (1985). Al...
Eiluned is a Welsh feminine given name, serving as a variant of Eluned. The name Eluned itself is derived from the Welsh word eilun, meaning "image, likeness, idol." This root gives the name a sense of beauty or represen...
EtymologyEilwen is a modern Welsh female given name, believed to be a recently created coinage. Its meaning is derived from the Welsh elements ael "brow" and gwen "white, blessed". While not historically attested, the na...
Eimantė is a Lithuanian feminine given name, derived as the female counterpart of Eimantas. The name Eimantas itself is composed of two Baltic root elements: ei-, meaning "to go" or "to go forth," and either mantus meani...
Eimear is an Irish feminine given name, a variant of Éimhear, the modern Irish form of Emer. The name Emer is of uncertain meaning, but it is deeply rooted in Irish mythology. In the Ulster Cycle, Emer was the wife of th...
Éimhear is a modern Irish feminine name, the contemporary form of the ancient Emer. In Irish legend, Emer was the wife of the legendary hero Cúchulainn, known for possessing the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, spe...
Eimhir is the Scottish Gaelic form of Emer, the wife of the legendary hero Cúchulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. The name is part of a wider family of Gaelic variants derived from the same mythological figur...
Eine is a Finnish feminine given name, derived as the feminine form of Eino. The name was coined in the 19th century, a period when many new Finnish names were created as part of the national romantic revival of Finnish...
Eini is a Finnish feminine given name, coined in the 19th century as a form of Eino, a masculine name of uncertain origin possibly derived from a Scandinavian name. Etymology and History The name Eini was created as a fe...
Eir is a Norse feminine name meaning mercy in Old Norse. In Norse mythology, Eir (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈɛir]) is a goddess or valkyrie associated with medical skill and healing. She is attested in the Poetic Edda, c...
Eira is a Welsh feminine given name meaning "snow." It is a relatively recent creation within the Welsh naming tradition, drawing directly from the Welsh word for snow rather than from a mythological or historical source...
Eira is a modern Scandinavian feminine name, used primarily in Norway and Sweden, as a contemporary form of the Old Norse Eir, the name of a Norse goddess associated with healing and medicine. The root meaning of Eir is...
Éireann is a feminine given name of Irish origin, derived directly from the Irish word for Ireland. Specifically, it comes from the genitive case of Éire, the modern Irish language name for the island and the Republic of...
Eireen is an English variant of the name Irene, ultimately derived from the Greek goddess Eirene, who personified peace. The Greek word εἰρήνη (eirene) means "peace."In Greek mythology, Eirene was one of the Horai, the g...
Eirene is the original Ancient Greek form of the name Irene, derived from the Greek word εἰρήνη (eirēnē) meaning "peace." In Greek mythology, Eirene was the goddess and personification of peace, one of the Ὥραι (Horae),...
Eirian is a Welsh female given name meaning "bright, beautiful." Derived from the Welsh language, the name reflects qualities of radiance and loveliness, common in Celtic naming traditions.EtymologyThe name Eirian origin...
Eirini is a transliteration of the modern Greek name Ειρήνη (Eiríni), serving as an alternate transcription of the name Irini. Like Irini, it is ultimately the Greek form of Irene, which derives from the ancient Greek wo...
Eirlys is a Welsh feminine given name derived from the word for the snowdrop flower (Galanthus nivalis). The name is a compound of the Welsh elements eira meaning "snow" and llys meaning "plant" or "herb". Snowdrops are...
Eirwen is a feminine Welsh given name meaning "white snow"—a combination of the Welsh elements eira (snow) and gwen (white, blessed). The name originated as a modern coinage in the early 20th century, drawing on compound...
Eithne (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɛhnʲə]) is a feminine given name of Irish origin, meaning "kernel" or "grain" — derived from the Old Irish word etne. The name is deeply rooted in Irish mythology, history, and hagiography....
Eivor is a female given name used primarily in Sweden, with a total of 4,922 bearers having an average age of 78 according to recent statistics. It originates from the Old Norse name Eyvǫr (also seen as Øyvǫr), which its...
Eka is a Georgian feminine given name, primarily used as a short form of Ekaterine, the Georgian cognate of Katherine. While Eka is most commonly a diminutive in Georgia, it also exists as an independent name. The name s...
Ekaterina is a Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Katherine, and an alternate transcription of Russian Екатерина (see Yekaterina). The name has deep roots in Eastern European and Slavic culture, while ultimately tracing ba...
Etymology and OriginEkaterine is the Georgian form of Katherine, a name with a complex and debated etymology. In the Georgian language, the name follows the indigenous adaptation of Katherine, which entered through Byzan...
Ekaterini (Greek: Αικατερίνη) is a Greek feminine given name, the modern Greek form of Katherine. It is one of the most direct continuations of the Ancient Greek name Aikaterine, from which the English name Catherine der...
Ekin (Turkish: [e̞ˈkin]) is a unisex Turkish given name that means "harvest, culture" in Turkish. It is a modern name derived from the Turkish word ekin, signifying both agricultural abundance and metaphorical cultivatio...
Ekua is an Akan feminine name used primarily in Ghana. It is a variant of Akua, meaning "born on Wednesday" in Akan. The Akan people practice a day-naming tradition where children are given a name based on the day of the...
Ekundayo is a unisex Yoruba name from Nigeria, meaning "tears become joy" or "tears become happiness" in the Yoruba language. It is a compound name formed from the words ekun (tears) and ayo (joy). The name reflects a co...
Ela is a diminutive used in Croatian, Polish, Serbian, and Slovene. It is a short form of names beginning with El, primarily Elizabeta (in Croatian and Slovene) or Elżbieta (in Polish), both local equivalents of Elizabet...
Ela is a feminine Turkish given name that directly translates to "hazel" (the light brownish-green color) in Turkish. As a color name, it belongs to a category of modern Turkish names inspired by nature or aesthetics, su...
Ela 3 is a Hebrew variant of Elah. In the Hebrew Bible, Elah is a masculine name meaning "terebinth tree" and is the name of the fourth king of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). However, in modern Hebrew, the name Ela 3 has been...
Eladia is a Spanish feminine given name, derived as a feminine form of Eladio. Its ultimate root is the Late Greek name Helladios (Ἑλλάδιος), a Latinized form of Helladios meaning "of Greece" (from Hellados Ἑλλάδος). His...
Elaheh (Persian: الهه) is a Persian feminine given name that directly translates to "goddess." It derives from the Persian word elah (god), combined with the feminine suffix -eh. The name carries a powerful, poetic conno...
Elaia is a Basque feminine given name derived from the Basque word elai, meaning "swallow (bird)." Associated with spring and freedom, the name reflects the beauty and grace of the bird. It is used especially in the Basq...
Elain is a Welsh feminine name meaning "fawn". Created in the 19th century, it belongs to a set of modern Welsh names derived from nature. Unlike the unrelated Arabic city name Al Ain, which literally means "the spring"...
Elaina is a variant of Elaine, an English name that developed from an Old French form of Helen. Helen itself derives from the Greek name Helene, meaning "torch" or "shining light," a fitting etymology for a name beloved...
EtymologyElaine is a feminine given name originating from an Old French form of Helen, which itself derives from the Greek name Helenē, possibly meaning 'torch' or 'light'. Some scholars have also proposed a Welsh etymol...
Elanor is a fictional name created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his legendarium. It means "star sun" in the constructed Elvish language Sindarin, and is the name of a small, star-shaped yellow flower found in the enchanted fo...
Elanur is a Turkish feminine given name combining elements from Turkish and Arabic roots. The name is composed of ela, a Turkish word meaning "hazel" (often referring to hazel eyes), and nur, derived from the Arabic word...
Elara is a name of Greek origin with a dual connection to both classical mythology and modern astronomy. In Greek mythology, Elara was a mortal princess who became a lover of Zeus, the supreme god of the Greek pantheon....
Elay is a feminine given name of Azerbaijani origin, deriving from the Azerbaijani elements el meaning "country, society" and ay meaning "moon". The name thus carries the poetic meaning of "country moon" or "society's mo...
Elba (Italian: isola d'Elba) is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, and is also used as a given name, primarily in Spanish-speaking contexts. The name Elba is possibly a Spanish variant of Alba 3, which itself is a...
Elda is an Italian feminine given name, derived as a form of Hilda. The name Hilda itself originally originated as a short form of various names containing the Old Frankish element hildi, Old High German hilt, or Old Eng...
Eldbjørg is a Norwegian feminine given name derived from the Old Norse elements eldr "fire" and bjǫrg "help, salvation" — combining powerful protective imagery. Etymology Combining "fire" and "help/salvation", Eldbjørg c...
EtymologyElea is a feminine given name most commonly used as a short form of Eleanor, which itself originates from the Old French form of the Occitan name Alienòr. The meaning of Eleanor is often tied to the phrase alia...
Eleanor is a feminine given name that originated from the Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name Aliénor. The name's most famous early bearer was Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who became queen consort of...
Eleanora is a Latinate form of Eleanor. The name Elevates the classic Eleanor with a romantic, multi-syllabic ending typical of Latin or Italian influences, making it a more elaborate variant alongside Elenora and Eleano...
Eleanore is a variant of the name Eleanor. Eleanor itself derives from the Old French form of the Occitan name Alienòr. One of the earliest and most influential bearers was Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was qu...
Electra is a Latinized form of the Greek name Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), which derives from ἤλεκτρον (elektron), meaning "amber". In Greek mythology, Electra is best known as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra...
Eleftheria is a Greek female given name, the feminine form of Eleftherios. The name derives from the ancient Greek word eleutheros, meaning "free," and has a rich history rooted in the concept of liberty. Etymology and H...
Elektra is the Greek form of Electra. The name derives from Greek ἤλεκτρον (elektron), meaning "amber" and by extension "shining" or "incandescent." This luminous imagery links it with names such as Lucy and Svetlana, wh...
Elen is the Welsh and modern Armenian form of Helen, as well as a Czech variant form of that name. As a given name, Elen carries distinct historical and legendary significance in Welsh tradition. Etymology The name ultim...