Eira

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eira is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name16K records spelled Eira21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, India

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hira, Eirá, Eíra, Hirã, Ěirä

• French given name2.3K records spelled Eira10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, India, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Hira, Hïrå, Éira, Éirà, Hìrã

• Arabic given name320 records spelled Eira4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

  Also written Eirä, Èira

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eira is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Diosa escandinava de la salud; nombre asociado a la curación y la euforia.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Welsh: modern name, from the vocabulary word eira snow.

  as a word

• In Galician, threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, threshing floor

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Guarani, wild cat

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 35 years between 1979–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eira Hellbergb. 1884SESwedish writer and journalist
• Eira Paunub. 1908FIFinnish theologian
• Eira Käärb. 1918FIFinnish ceramist
• Eira Soriolab. 1935FIFinnish actress (1935-2003)
• Eira Lehtonenb. 1939FIFinnish artistic gymnast (1939-1984)
• Eira Stenbergb. 1943FIFinnish writer
• Eira Kasperb. 1951FIFinnish music teacher and head teacher
• Eira Mollbergb. 1957FIFinnish director and writer
• Anna Abreub. 1990FInot in their usual nameFinnish-Portuguese singer
• Eira TanseyUSAmerican archivist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 410 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eira?

We estimate roughly 9.9 thousand people bear Eira (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Eira have the most bearers?

We estimate about 3.3 thousand people bear Eira in Finland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled eira.

Where is Eira most common?

Eira is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Eira compared with other names?

In Finland, Eira is the 593rd most common given name of 51,554 given names recorded there.

Is Eira a male or female name?

Eira is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eira mean?

Recorded meaning: Welsh: modern coinage from the vocabulary word eira ‘snow’.