Entry № 2792 · Old Norse origin

Eir Eir — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AIR /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Mercy, healing"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "mercy, healing".

Eir is the Norse goddess of healing and medicine — one of Frigg's handmaidens. The name means "mercy" or "help."

Eir is rare as a given name but rising in modern Scandinavia.

Mercy. The Norse goddess of healing.

The name in its native script.

Eir
Transliteration
Eir
Pronunciation
/ ɛər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Eir stands.

Eir 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.

Eirs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Eir
Norse goddess of healing.
Norse mythology

Names connected to Eir.

The number behind Eir.

5

The Seeker

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