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Meaning & Origins
Anglicized form of Irish Éirinn. Erin has been used as a poetic name for Ireland for centuries, and in recent years this has become a popular given name in the English-speaking world, even among people with no Irish connections.
| 179th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’, a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’, with the transferred sense ‘eminence’, i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan. In Ireland there has also been some confusion with O’Byrne (see Byrne).
| 227th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Erinn, Erina, Erine, Erineo, Erinne, Erini, Erinna, Erinie, Erma, Eriny
Obrian, Obriant, Obringer, Obrist, Obrin, Obrion, Obright, Oprian, Obrigewitch, Obrine
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