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Eilis Eilis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Irish form of Elizabeth (Irish + Brooklyn)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "irish form of elizabeth (irish + brooklyn)".

Eilis is one of the Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish heritage.

Irish form of Elizabeth (Irish).

The name in its native script.

Eilís
Transliteration
Eilís
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪ.lɪʃ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eilis stands.

Eilis 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.

Eiliss before her.

Real people

In fiction
Eilis Lacey
Central character in Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn 2009 + young Irish woman immigrating from Enniscorthy to Brooklyn 1950s + Booker Prize shortlist + Costa Novel Award + Brooklyn 2015 film + Saoirse Ronan + 3 Oscar nominations.
Colm Tóibín Brooklyn

Names connected to Eilis.

The number behind Eilis.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eilis reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.