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Eimear Eimear — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-mer /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Swift (Irish + Cú Chulainn's wife in Irish mythology)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "swift (irish + cú chulainn's wife in irish mythology)".

Eimear is from the Irish Eimear / Emer — Irish mythological feminine name meaning swift, swift one. Eimear is one of the Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish mythological heritage. Irish feminine name reflecting Celtic mythological heritage.

Swift (Irish + Cú Chulainn's wife in Irish mythology).

The name in its native script.

Eimear
Transliteration
Eimear
Pronunciation
/ ˈiː.mər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eimear stands.

Eimear does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Eimears before her.

Real people

In fiction
Emer
Wife of Cú Chulainn + central character in Tochmarc Emire + Six Gifts of Womanhood.
Ulster Cycle Irish mythology

Names connected to Eimear.

The number behind Eimear.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eimear reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.