Submitted Names Starting with E

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Ermitas f Spanish (European)
Means "hermitages" in Spanish. It is taken from a title of the Virgin Mary in Galicia (in the province of Orense), Nuestra Señora de las Ermitas, meaning "Our Lady of the Hermitages".
Èrmiti m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ermete.
Ermitit m Sicilian
Sicilian variant of Ermete.
Ermocrate m Italian
Italian form of Hermocrates (see Hermokrates).
Ermofili f Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek feminine form of Hermophilos.
Ermofilo m Italian
Italian form of Hermophilus.
Ermogene m Italian
Italian form of Hermogenes.
Ermogenis m Greek
Modern Greek form of Hermogenes.
Ermòggini m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ermogene.
Ermokratis m Greek
Modern Greek form of Hermocrates (see Hermokrates).
Ermolay m Russian
Variant transcription of Ermolai.
Ermotimo m Italian
Italian form of Hermotimus.
Ermukhamet m Kazakh
From the Kazakh word ер (er) meaning "husband, man, male" combined with the name Mukhamet.
Erna f Silesian
Short form of Ernestyna.
Ernad m Bosnian
Derived from Erna.
Ernaline f Obscure
Possibly formed from Erna and the popular name suffix -line.
Ernan m Old Irish
Possibly derived from Old Irish éargna "understanding, intelligent" or íarn "iron".
Ernandes m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the surname Hernandes.
Ernangnaĸ m Greenlandic
Means "winged harpoon" in Greenlandic.
Ernâni m Portuguese
Portuguese variant form of Hernâni.
Ernannaq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Ernangnaĸ.
Ernar m Norwegian (Archaic)
Possibly a masculine form of Erna 1, itself a feminine form of Ernest.
Ernar m Kazakh
From Kazakh ер (er) meaning "husband, man, male" and нар (nar) meaning "camel" (figuratively "courageous, brave").
Ernawati f Indonesian
Combination of the name Erna 1 and the feminine suffix -wati.
Ernayanti f Indonesian
Combination of Erna 1 and Yanti.
Erne m Spanish
Short form of Ernesto.
Erneeraq m Greenlandic
Derived from the Greenlandic word erneq meaning "son" and -eraq, a diminutive suffix.
Erneĸ m Greenlandic
Means "son" in Greenlandic.
Ernele f Walloon
Walloon form of Renelde.
Ernelinda f Theatre
Ernelinda (1726) is an opera by Leonardo Vinci.
Ernelinde f Theatre
Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège (Ernelinde, Princess of Norway in English; 1767) is a three-act operatic tragédie lyrique, by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor.
Erneq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Erneĸ.
Ernes m Swedish, Danish
Variant of Ernest.
Ernesa f Bosnian
Possibly a feminine form of Enes.
Erneścik m Polish
Diminutive of Ernest.
Ernessa f English (Rare), Literature
Possibly an English variant of Ernesta. It was used for the antagonist in Rachel Klein's young adult novel The Moth Diaries (2002) and the subsequent film adaptation (2011).
Ernesse m Walloon
Walloon form of Ernest.
Érnest m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Ernest.
Ernèst m Lengadocian, Gascon
Languedocian and Gascon form of Ernest.
Érnesta f Kashubian
Feminine form of Érnest.
Ernèsta f Gascon
Feminine form of Ernèst.
Ernestène f Norman
Feminine form of Ernest.
Ernesti m Finnish
Finnish form of Ernest.
Ernestin m German (Rare)
Male form of Ernestine
Ernestinu m Sicilian
Diminutive of Ernestu.
Ernestinus m Dutch
Lengthened form of Ernestus.
Ernestu m Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Ernesto.
Ernestus m Dutch
Latinized form of Ernest.
Ernestuzzu m Sicilian
Diminutive of Ernestu.
Ernestyna f Polish
Polish form of Ernestine.
Erneszt m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Ernest.
Erneszta f Hungarian
Feminine form of Erneszt.
Ernesztin f Hungarian
Variant form of Ernesztina.
Ernesztina f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Ernestina.
Erngeat m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Earngeat, derived from the Old English elements earn "eagle" and Geat referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe from present-day Götaland in southern Sweden.
Erni m Spanish
Short form of Ernesto.
Ernica f Slovene
Diminutive of Erna 1.
Ernice f American
Variant of Bernice.
Erning m Filipino, Tagalog
Diminutive of Ernesto.
Erninnguaq m Greenlandic
Means "sweet little son", derived from Greenlandic erneq "son" (cf. Erneq) combined with the diminutive suffix nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear, little".
Ernistina f Sicilian
Sicilian variant of Ernestina.
Ernitsiaĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "good son", from the combination of Erneĸ and -tsiaq, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "beautiful", "fair", "fairly good", "precious", "sweet", "fair-sized", "nice", "good", "handsome".
Ernitsiaq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Ernitsiaĸ.
Ernö m Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of Ernő.
Ernóc m Old Irish
Diminutive of Ernan.
Ernoul m German
A German given name of Old French origin. It is a diminutive form of the name Ernault, which is itself a diminutive form of the name Ernald. Ernald is a compound name formed from the Old German words "arn" (eagle) and "wald" (ruler)... [more]
Ernsi m Medieval English
Medieval variant of Earnsige.
Ernsti m Finnish
Finnish form of Ernest.
Ernur m Kazakh
From Kazakh ер (er) meaning "husband, man, male" and нұр (nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin).
Ernuša f Slovene
Diminutive of Erna 1.
Ernwulf m Medieval English
Medieval variant of Earnwulf.
Ernwy m Medieval English
Medieval variant of Earnwig.
Erny m English
Diminutive of Ernest.
Ernye m Medieval Hungarian
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include an Old Hungarian form of Iréneusz via the form Irne.
Ero f Greek (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ηρώ (see Iro), used as a diminutive of Argyri and Argyro.
Erode m Biblical Italian
Italian form of Herod.
Erodiade f Italian
Italian form of Herodias.
Erodiano m Italian
Italian form of Herodian.
Erodico m Italian
Italian form of Herodicus.
Erodione m Italian
Italian form of Herodion.
Erodoto m Italian
Italian form of Herodotus.
Erofei m Russian
Variant of Ierofey.
Eroles f Medieval Occitan
Medieval form of Erola.
Erolvur m Faroese
Faroese variant of Herolvur.
Eromosele m Esan
Means "prayer has been answered" in Esan.
Erona f Albanian, Kosovar
Feminine form of Eron.
Erondina f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Vulgar Latin *harundina, ultimately derived from Latin hirundo meaning "swallow".
Eros f Sundanese
Means "rose" in Sundanese, ultimately from Dutch roos.
Erosi m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Eros.
Erotas m English (American, Rare)
Possibly derived from Greek έρωτας (éro̱tas) meaning "love."
Erotokritos m Greek, Literature
Means "the one who is tortured by love" or "chosen by love", from Greek ἔρως (erôs) "love" (genitive ἔρωτος (erôtos); see Eros) and κριτός (kritos) "separated, picked out, chosen"... [more]
Erototokos f Greek Mythology
Means "bearer of love" or "producing love", derived from Greek ἔρως (erôs) "love, desire" (genitive ἔρωτος (erôtos); see Eros) and τόκος (tokos) meaning "childbirth, parturition"... [more]
Erp m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Jarpr.
Erpfo m Medieval German
High German form of Erpo.
Erpha f Various (Rare)
A feminine form of Erpho or a variant spelling of Erfa.
Erpho m Medieval German
High German form of Erpo.
Erpo m German (Rare, Archaic)
The name derives from a Germanic root (Old Norse jarpr) meaning "dark brown".
Erpolat m Mari
Means "morning steel" in Mari.
Erpr m Old Norse
Variant of Jarpr, an Old Norse by-name meaning "brown".
Erpur m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Erpr.
Erquinoaldo m Spanish
Spanish form of Erchinoald.
Erra m Near Eastern Mythology, Babylonian, Akkadian
The Babylonian god of war, death, and other disasters. He may be identified with Nergal, the god of death. Erra expressed death himself symbolically by his continuous lethargy as he lay in a drunken stupor... [more]
Erradegunde f Basque
Basque form of Radegunde.
Errafaila f Medieval Basque, Basque Mythology
Medieval Basque name of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]
Errai m & f Astronomy
Gamma Cephei is a binary star system in the constellation Cepheus. The system bore a traditional name variously spelled as Errai, Er Rai or Alrai, deriving from the Arabic الراعي (ar-rā‘ī), meaning "the shepherd".
Errakel f Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Rachel.
Erramona f Basque (Archaic)
Basque equivalent of Spanish Ramona.
Erramusa f Basque (Rare, Archaic)
Basque name that appeared during the 1700s and early to mid-1800s.... [more]
Erregina f Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Regina. The name coincides with Basque erregina "queen".
Errick m English
Variant of Eric.
Erricu m Sardinian
Sardinian form of Enrico.
Errika f Greek
Feminine form of Errikos.
Errikos m Greek
Greek form of Henry via its Latinized form Henricus.
Errin f & m English
Variant of Erin.
Errita f Sardinian
Variant of Arrita.
Errolan m Medieval Basque
Basque form of Roland.
Erroman m Basque
Basque form of Romanus (see Roman).
Erromane f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Romana and Romaine.
Erron m English (American)
This name is used by Mortal Kombat character Erron Black.
Errosale f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Rosalía and Rosalie.
Errose f Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Rosa 1. This name was borne by Errose Bustintza Ozerin (1899-1953), a Basque writer, journalist and ethnographer.
Errukia f Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque erruki "mercy; compassion; sympathy", this name is used as one of the Basque equivalents to Spanish Piedad.
Errupiñe f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Rufina and Rufine.
Ersa f Greek Mythology
Doric Greek form of Herse, the Greek goddess of dew whose name ultimately derives from Ἑρση (herse) meaning "dew".
Ersa f Albanian
Variant of Ersi.
Ershad m Bengali
Bengali form of Irshad.
Ersham m Old Persian
This name is for so many time ago and it means a strong man that safe a city
Ershat m Kazakh
Probably derived from Persian ارشاد (ershad) meaning "guidance", itself of Arabic origin. Alternately, it may be from Kazakh ер (er) meaning "husband, man, male" combined with Persian شاد (shad) meaning "happy, glad".
Erşi m & f Karachay-Balkar
Means "ugly" in Karachay-Balkar, originally intended as a protective name to ward off evil spirits. A historical bearer of the name was Ershi Kulchaeva, a member of the Central Executive Committee.
Ersi f Greek, Albanian
Modern Greek form of Herse.
Ersilio m Italian
Masculine form of Ersilia, Italian variant of the Latin Hersilia, of unknown meaning.... [more]
Ersin m Turkish
Means "allow to achieve" in Turkish.
Êrsta f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Esther.
Ersu m Turkish (Rare)
From Turkish er meaning "man" and su meaning "water".
Ersula f English
Variant of Ursula.
Ersultan m Kazakh
From Kazakh ер (er) meaning "husband, man, male" and сұлтан (sultan) meaning "sultan, king".
Erswald m Scots
Scots form of Archibald.
Ersy f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Έρση (see Ersi).
Ertan m Turkish
Means dawn in Turkish. A compound form of "er"- early and "tan"-dawn in Turkish
Erth m Medieval Cornish, History (Ecclesiastical)
Cornish form of Erc, referring to a 6th-century Irish saint.
Ertharin f African American
Ertharin Cousin was director of the World Food Programme from 2012–2017.
Èrthu m Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Arthur.
Ertie m Scots
Shetlandic Scots diminutive of Arthur.
Ertmon m German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German form of Erdmann.... [more]
Ertno m Sami
Sami form of Ernst.
Ertta m Finnish
Finnish dialectal (South East Finland) diminutive of Erik.
Ertta f Finnish
Finnish variant of Hertta.
Ertugan m Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh ер (er) meaning "husband, man, male" and туған (tughan) meaning "born, native".
Ertunç m Turkish
Means "bronze hero" in Turkish.
Eru m Literature, Popular Culture
Means "the one" or "he that is alone" in Quenya. Eru Ilúvatar is the supreme being, God, and creator of all in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium... [more]
Eruand m Ancient Armenian
Derived from the Ancient Armenian prefix ե- (e-) added to the Proto-Iranian *raivant meaning “possessing wealth”.
Erubey m Spanish (Mexican), American
There was a boxer in the early 1970s in Mexico named Erubey Carmona, but he had changed his name from Eudibiel. Since all the people I can find with this name are young Mexican or Mexican-American men, I'm beginning to think the name originated with this boxer... [more]
Eruera m Maori
Maori form of Edward.
Eruka f Japanese
From Japanese 恵 (e) meaning "favour; benefit", 留 (ru) meaning "to stay" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Erum f Arabic, Persian, Muslim
Variant transcription of Iram
Eruna f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (e) meaning "love, affection", 来 (ru) meaning "to come" combined with 夏 (na) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Erundina f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish and Galician form of Erondina, also a Portuguese variant.
Eruno f Japanese
From Japanese 笑 (e) meaning "laugh, smile", 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Erusa f Japanese
From Japanese 絵 (e) meaning "draw, sketch, paint", 留 (ru) meaning "to stay" combined with 砂 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Ervá f Sami
Unknown meaning.
Ervan m English (Rare)
Possibly a variant spelling of Irvin or Ervin
Ervaz m Armenian
Modern Armenian form of Eruaz.
Ervé m Provençal
Provençal form of Hervé.
Erveo m Italian
Italian form of Hervé.
Ervian m Indonesian
Of unknown origin and meaning.
Erviana f Indonesian
Feminine form of Ervian.
Ervic m Literature
Meaning unknown. He was featured as a character in the L. Frank Baum's Glinda of Oz.
Ervig m Germanic
Meaning unknown.
Ervín m Slovak
Slovak form of Erwin.
Ervina f Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh
Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh and Lithuanian feminine form of Ervin.
Ervina f Mari, Russian (Rare)
Mari feminine name derived from эр (er) meaning "morning" and the popular feminine suffix -(v)ina, possibly intended to mean "born in the morning".
Ervinas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Erwin.
Erving m English
Variant of Irving.
Ervínia f Hungarian
Elaboration of Ervina.
Ervira f Medieval Portuguese
Possibly a medieval Portuguese form of Elvira.
Ervisa f Albanian
Feminine form of Ervis.
Ervjollca f Albanian (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Albanian erë "wind; scent" and vjollcë "violet".
Ervo m Estonian
Short form of Ervin.
Erwain f Welsh (Rare)
Directly taken from Welsh erwain "meadowsweet".
Erwan m Indonesian, Malay
Probably a variant of Irwan.
Erwana f Breton
Feminine form of Erwan.
Erwanez f Breton
Feminine form of Erwan.
Erwein m Upper German (Rare)
Upper German form of Erwin. Known bearers of this name include the German journalist Erwein von Aretin (1887-1952) and the Bohemian-Austrian industrialist and politician Erwein Nostitz-Rieneck (1863-1931).
Erwen m English
Variant of Erwin.
Erwian m Indonesian
Variant of Ervian.
Erwig m Gothic
Erwig (after 642 – 687)) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania (680–687). According to the 9th-century Chronicle of Alfonso III, Erwig was the son of Ardabast, who had journeyed from the Byzantine Empire to Hispania during the time of Chindasuinth, and married Chindasuinth's niece Goda... [more]
Erwijn m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Erwin.
Erwina f Polish
Feminine form of Erwin.
Erwyd m Welsh
Meaning uncertain, possibly taken from the town Erwood, called Erwyd in Welsh. The town's name may have been derived from cerwyd, "stag".
Erwyn m Welsh
Welsh name, composed by "gwerd" and "gwyn", with the meaning of "green and white".
Erxi f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 迩 (ěr) meaning "be near, close" and 曦 (xī) meaning "sunshine, sunlight, early dawn".
Erxian f Chinese
From the Chinese 尔 (ěr) meaning "you, that, those" and 娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined".
Eryana f Mordvin
Means "tenacious" in Erzya.
Eryc m English (Rare)
Variant of Eric.
Erycina f Roman Mythology
Epithet of the Roman goddess Venus which meant "of Eryx", Eryx being a mountain on Sicily famous for a temple dedicated to Venus on its summit.
Erycius m Dutch (Latinized)
This given name originates from the Dutch humanist and philologist Erycius Puteanus (1574-1646). He had latinized his entire name: his original given name was either Eric/Erik or Hendrik and his original surname has variously been listed as Van de Putte, Van den Putte, Van der Put, Van der Putte, Van der Putten and Van Putten... [more]
Eryi f Chinese (Rare)
From the Chinese 迩 (ěr) meaning "be near, close" combined with 旖 (yǐ) meaning "romantic, charming". Other character combinations are possible.
Erykine f Greek Mythology
Epithet of Aphrodite, which is derived from the name of the mountain Eryx in Sicily.
Eryl f & m Welsh
From Welsh eryl meaning "watcher" or "lookout" (originally "hunt"), derived from ar, an intensifying prefix, and hyl "a hunt". In regular use since the 1920s, though infrequently... [more]
Erysichthon m Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek masculine name meaning "earth tearer".
Erytheia f Greek Mythology
Derived from ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós) meaning "reddish, red".
Erytheis f Greek Mythology
Derived from ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós) meaning "reddish, red".
Erythia f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Erytheia (also latinized as Erythea). In Greek mythology, Erytheia was of the three Hesperides. It was also the name of the island home of Geryon.
Eryx m Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek verb ἐρύκω (eruko) or (eryko) meaning "to keep in, to curb, to hold back, to restrain". This is the name of several characters in Greek mythology, one of them being a king of the Elymian people from Sicily... [more]
Eryxene f Theatre
Alteration of Eryxo used by Plutarch in his essay Virtues of Women, perhaps formed using the Greek element ξενος (xenos) "foreigner, guest"... [more]
Eryxias m Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek verb ἐρύκω (eruko) or (eryko) meaning "to keep in, to curb, to hold back, to restrain" (see Eryx). This name was borne by an eponymous archon of Athens, who lived in the 7th century BC.
Eryximachos m Ancient Greek
The first element of this name is derived from the Greek verb ἐρύκω (eruko) or (eryko) meaning "to keep in, to curb, to hold back, to restrain" (see Eryx)... [more]
Eryximachus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Eryximachos. This name was borne by an Athenian physician from the 5th century BC.
Eryxo f Ancient Greek, History
Thought to be derived from the Greek verb ἐρεύγομαι (ereugomai) meaning "to disgorge, blurt out, belch out" (and presumably cognate with Eryx, the name of the eponymous hero of Mount Eryx, a volcano in Sicily)... [more]
Erza f Kosovar, Albanian
Derived from either Albanian erza, itself is a hypocorism of erë "scent; fragrance; smell; wind", or from Albanian erza, an archaic term meaning "honor; sense of honor; honesty, fidelity".
Erzen m Albanian
Masculine form of Erza.
Erzena f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Erzen.
Erzhena f Buryat
Derived from Buryat эржэн (erzhen) meaning "mother-of-pearl".
Erzsie f Hungarian
It is a nickname of the Hungarian name Erzsebet, which means “god is my oath”. It is almost like Elizabeth and Lizzie.
Erzsók f Hungarian
A nickname for Erzsébet.
Erzulie f Afro-American Mythology, Haitian Creole
This is the Haitian Voodoo love goddess and goddess of elemental forces. She is personified as a water snake. She is also called Ezili.