Entry № 3049 · Irish origin

Ériu Ériu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Ireland's eponymous goddess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "ireland's eponymous goddess".

Ériu is the Irish goddess from whose name Ireland (Éire) is named.

Rare but iconic in Irish mythology.

Ireland's eponymous goddess. From her, Éire.

The name in its native script.

Ériu
Transliteration
Ériu
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪ.ruː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ériu stands.

Ériu 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.

Érius before her.

Real people
Ériu
Irish sovereignty goddess.
In fiction
Ériu
Source of the name Ireland.
Irish mythology

Names connected to Ériu.

The number behind Ériu.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ériu reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.