Erin



Gender:
Origin: Gaelic
303 famous people named Erin found on Wikipedia.
313238 female, 9260 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 421-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 18-th in year 1983
Used in: English, Irish

Meanings

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 being used in prepositional phrases such as "go hÉirinn" "to Ireland", "in Éirinn" "in Ireland", "ó Éirinn" "FROM IRELAND". The dative has replaced the nominative in a few regional Irish dialects (particularly Galway-Connamara and Waterford). Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland. Often, "Erin's Isle" was used. 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 because 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 ("Éire go brách" in standard orthography, dative "in Éirinn go brách" "in Ireland for ever"), 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.


Ancient name of Ireland, from Old English Erinn, dative of Eriu "Ireland" (see Irish (n.)). As a girl's name in U.S., rare before 1954, popular 1976-1985.


From Eirinn, form of Eire, means: Ireland in Irish. Peace, poetic name for Ireland.

Famous People: 303 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Erin Moran 1960 American actress
2 Erin Andrews 1978 Television sports reporter for ESPN
3 Erin Brockovich 1960 Environmental activist from the United States
4 Erin Burnett 1976 Journalist and news anchor from the United States
5 Tami Erin 1974 Actress, model, humanitarian
6 Erin Heatherton 1989 American fashion model
7 Erin Richards 1986 Welsh actress
8 Erin Krakow 2000 American actress
9 Erin Hannon
10 Erin Gray 1950 American actress
11 Erin Foster 1982 American comedy writer and performer
12 Erin Cummings 1977 American actress
13 Erin Darke 1988
14 Erin Lindsay
15 Erin Gruwell 1969 American academic
16 Erin Cahill 1980 American actress
17 Erin Sanders 1991 Actress
18 Erin Hamilton 1968 American singer
19 Erin Karpluk 1978 Canadian actress
20 Erin Daniels 1973 American actress
21 Erin McGathy 1984
22 Erin Boag 1975 Professional ballroom dancer
23 Erin Fitzgerald 1972 Canadian voice actress
24 Erin Brown 1979 American actor, model, filmmaker and musician
25 Erin Pizzey 1939 British activist
26 Erin Molan 1988 Australian television presenter
27 Erin Phillips 1985 Australian basketball player
28 Erin Mackey 1986 American actress
29 Erin O'Connor 1978 English model
30 Hayley Erin 1994 Actress
31 Erin Hoffman 1981 Game designer, blogger and fantasy writer
32 Erin Brady 1987 American beauty pageant titleholder
33 Erin McLeod 1983 Association football player
34 Erin Coscarelli American sports anchor
35 Erin Bethea 1982 American actress
36 Erin Moriarty 1952 American journalist
37 Erin Wasson 1982 American model
38 Erin McNaught 1982 Australian actress
39 Erin Leslie Fleming 1941 Actress
40 Erin Ryder 1981 American explorer and photographer
41 Erin McPike 1983
42 Erin Cardillo 1977 Actress
43 Erin Cottrell 1975 American actress
44 Erin Crocker 1981 American racecar driver
45 Erin Chambers 1979 American actress
46 Erin Pitt 1999 Canadian actress
47 Erin O'Toole 1973 Canadian politician
48 Erin Morgenstern 1978 American visual artist and writer
49 Erin Lucas 1984 American model
50 Erin Toughill 1977 American martial artist
51 Erin Cressida Wilson 1964 American playwright, screenwriter, professor and author
52 Erin Way 1987 American actress
53 Erin Watts
54 Erin Everly 1965 Model
55 Erin Matthews 1973 Voice actress
56 Erin Bowman 1990 American singer-songwriter
57 Erin Henderson 1986 American football player
58 Erin Fetherston 1977 American fashion designer
59 Erin Torpey 1981 Actress, singer
60 Erin Boheme American singer
61 Erin Yvette 1992 American voice and stage actress
62 Erin Kaplan 1983 American public relations person
63 Erin Robinson Indie game designer
64 Erin Merryn 1986 American writer
65 Erin Holland 1989 Singer, Dancer, Actress, Model, Presenter
66 Erin Martin 1983 Singer
67 Erin Hanson 1981 American artist
68 Erin Blunt 1963 American actor
69 Erin Hawksworth 1981 Canadian sports journalist
70 Erin McCarley 1979 American musician
71 Erin McKeown 1977 American musician
72 Erin Dilly 1972 American actress
73 Erin Lee Carr
74 Erin Popovich 1985 American paralympic swimmer
75 Erin Hershey Presley 1976 American actress
76 Erin McKean 1971 Lexicographer, dictionary editor
77 Erin Stern 1980
78 Erin Stewart 1987
79 Erin Colton 1982 American journalist
80 Erin Marie Hogan 1985
81 Erin Cebula Canadian journalist
82 Erin Broderick 1985 American actress
83 Erin DiMeglio 1994 American football and basketball player
84 Erin Tate American drummer
85 Erin Nayler 1992 Association footballer
86 Erin Weir Canadian economist
87 Erin O'Brien-Moore 1902 American actress
88 Erin Hill American actress and musician
89 Erin Malek 1994 Malaysian actress
90 Erin Mullally 1990 Australian actor and model
91 Erin Bell 1987 Australian netball player
92 Erin K. O'Shea Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
93 Erin M. Evans Author
94 Erin Bode American singer
95 Erin Meyer 1971 American author and academic
96 Erin Hamlin 1986 American luger
97 Erin Dean 1980 American actress
98 Erin Spanevello 1987 Canadian fashion model who died from a drug overdose at the age of 21
99 Erin Davie 1977 American actress
100 Erin Marshall 1987 Professional wrestler
101 Erin Arvedlund Journalist
102 Erin O'Flaherty
103 Erin Pinheiro 1997 French association football player
104 Erin Ashley Darling American journalist
105 Erin Manning American photographer
106 Erin Selby Canadian politician
107 Erin Cafaro 1983 Olympic rower
108 Erin Fehlau 1973 American television anchor
109 Erin Levy Television writer
110 Erin Barnett 1996 British association football player
111 Erin Lang 1979 Canadian musician
112 Erin Baker 1961 Triathlete
113 Shvaughn Erin
114 Erin Osborne 1989 Australian women's cricketer
115 Erin O'Brien 1965 American writer
116 Erin Densham 1985 Australian triathlete
117 Erin 1977 Finnish singer
118 Erin Sharma 1976 American prison officer
119 Erin Cuthbert 1998
120 Erin Smith 1972 Punk rock musician
121 Erin Perperoglou 1979 American basketball player
122 Erin Wilhelmi
123 Erin Kelly 1976 British crime writer
124 Erin Donohue 1983 Athletics competitor
125 Erin Clark 1997
126 Erin E. Stead 1982 American children's book illustrator, especially picture books with writer and husband Philip C. Stead
127 Erin Thorn 1981 American basketball player-coach
128 Erin Routliffe 1995 New Zealand tennis player
129 Erin Wall 1975 Canadian musician
130 Erin O'Donnell 1971 American musician
131 Erin Houchin
132 Erin Mouré 1955 Canadian poet
133 Erin Hart 1958 Crime fiction writer
134 Erin C. Conaton 1970 American government official
135 Erin Aldrich 1977 Athletics competitor
136 Erin Mielzynski 1990 Canadian alpine skier
137 Erin Belieu 1967 American writer
138 Erin Ambrose 1994 Hockey player
139 Erin Sharoni 1981
140 Erin Teschuk 1994
141 Erin Wyatt American model
142 Erin Phenix 1981 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
143 Erin Pac 1980 American bobsledder
144 Erin Bow
145 Erin Beck American songwriter
146 Erin Kenny 1960 American politician
147 Erin Dickins
148 Erin Carmody 1988 Canadian curler
149 Erin Babcock
150 Erin Aubry Kaplan 1962
151 Erin Burger 1987 South African netball player
152 Erin Enderlin
153 Erin Hatley American beauty pageant contestant
154 Erin Simmons 1976 Canadian snowboarder
155 Erin Markey 1981
156 Erin McDougald American musician
157 Erin Gilreath 1980 American track and field athlete, hammer thrower, Olympian
158 Erin Trieb American photographer
159 Erin Hay 1970 American musician
160 Erin Siegal American photographer
161 Erin Blanchard 1989 American trampolinist
162 Erin Herbig
163 Erin "Syd" Sidney 1982 Musician
164 Andrew C. Erin 1973 American film director
165 Erin Sullivan American politician
166 Erin Whitten-Hamlen 1971 American ice hockey player
167 Erin White 1977 Canadian softball player
168 Erin Deering
169 Erin Jauch 1994 American gymnast
170 Erin Hartwell 1969 Olympic cyclist
171 Erin Bermingham 1988 Cricketer
172 Erin Elizabeth Williams American model
173 Erin Pettit 1971
174 Erin Finn 1994
175 Erin Maye Quade US Politician
176 Erin McKenney 1998 American human rights activist
177 Erin Matson 1980 American writer and activist
178 Erin Shields Canadian writer
179 Erin Cleaver 2000 Australian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
180 Erin Soros Canadian writer
181 Erin Morrissey 1985 Canadian curler
182 Erin Taylor 1987 New Zealand canoeist
183 Erin Molchany 1977 American congresswoman in Pennsylvania
184 Erin Carroll 1986 Badminton player
185 Erin Headley British musician
186 Erin Mirabella 1978 American racing cyclist
187 Erin Vaughan 1986 Welsh footballer
188 Erin Simon 1994
189 Erin Pearl 1982 Figure skater
190 Erin McGraw 1957 Author
191 Erin Murphy American writer
192 Erin Oban 1982
193 Erin Ness 1978 American poker player
194 Erin Chan 1979 Synchronized swimmer
195 Erin Lynch 1975 American politician
196 Erin Hoare 1989 Australian netball player
197 Erin Clachers 1999
198 Erin C. Myers Madeira 1977 American sailor
199 Erin Davis American politician
200 Erin Volcán 1984 Swimmer