Name: Erin
Gender: Female
Usage: Erin, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Erin are in general originating from Australia, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Erin is: Peace, Ireland.
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Numerology of the first name Erin: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Erin is ranked on the 197th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2911200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.04% of the population. The name Erin has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Erin for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Erin is a Hiberno-English derivative of the Irish word "Éirinn". "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland - "Éire", genitive "Éireann". The dative form is the one usually used in spoken Irish where the written language would require the nominative "Éire". Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland. In this context, along with Hibernia, Erin is the name given to the female personification of Ireland, but the name was rarely used as a given name, probably due to the fact that no saints, queens, or literary figures were ever called Erin.
According to Irish mythology and folklore, the name was originally given to the island by the Milesians after the goddess Ériu.
Erin go bragh ("Éirinn go brách" in standard orthography), a slogan dating from the 1798 revolution, is often translated as "Ireland forever". The etymology of the word as it drifted throughout the Gaelic region gave rise to its use by the early Scots to both mean Ireland and "west" - as Ireland lies to the west of Scotland.
English and Irish: from Gaelic Éirinn, dative case of Éire Ireland. Erin has been used as a poetic name for Ireland for centuries, and in recent years this has become a very popular given name. It has enjoyed particular popularity in the United States, even among people with no Irish ancestry.
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