User comments for Erin

This is my name, and I love it. I used to think it was a bit dull, but I've come to see it as simple and sweet instead. I was given this name because it means "Ireland" and my mom's side of the family is Irish. Incidentally, I was born in the 1980s (1984 to be exact), the decade in which the name's popularity was at its peak.

Erin is a great name. Feminine yet strong. I also like Aaron for a boy.

My first name is Erin, however I have no Irish background. I however find it odd and at times stupid that some people spell in incorrectly.

I have to say that this is the first time that I have found courage to even look this name up. This would have been the name of my first younger sister on her due date on September 15th/2001, but she died in my mother's stomach at 5 months because her cord was tangled. Even though I have never held Erin in my arms, I still love her, but this event will truly ruin the name for me. :(

Umm, it's hard to be positive after that last post, but I'll try. Erin is my sister's name and I always liked it. Erin Casey and Keira Linn. That's us. The one thing that annoyed my sister was how people pronounced her name as Aaron. Other than that it is a simple, beautiful name that is recognized by many.

I think when people say that the name isn't used in Ireland they mean widely because I only know 4/5 people with the name myself and one of them was once a very good friend of mine. It's a very pretty name and I would consider calling my daughter it one day if it wasn't pronounced so awfully in this country (it comes out more like "urn") but maybe it's just my northern accent because in the south it's pronounced beautifully. Oh yes and the name has nothing to do with 'peace' or with 'jewels', simply just means 'Ireland' which I think is wonderful.

I love this name! It's simple, but still pretty.

I am very fond of this name, that even as it became more popular it didn't lose its uniqueness. You almost never are in contact with more than one Erin at a time, but even if you are, they are nothing alike. A name that can fit any kind of girl.

Interestingly, I recently met an Indian girl who had this name, extrememly kind and friendly, but naturally everyone was always surprised when they met her that she wasn't Irish yet had the name Erin!
Looking at the ratings too, I think Erin would be an interesting name for a boy as well. Although I do think it's first and traditionally a girl's name, I don't think it would be completely odd for a boy to have it. I don't think he'd be made fun of, at least not too much more than normal, for having the name Erin.

On another note, I really love the sound of the name. Just thought I'd put that last bit in!

My older sister's name is Erin. It's beautiful and yes, she is Irish!

This name is very pretty and I like its meaning "Ireland". Despite being pronounced the same, Erin is not the feminine form of Aaron. Aaron and Erin are totally and completely unrelated names!

I love this name, it is awesome, I know someone named Erin also.

I love the name Erin and I also think that Aerin would be a beautiful spelling for it.

Yes, this name is beautiful. I like the spelling of Eryn better though.

I love the name Erin! When I get older, I want to name one of my kids Erin (if they're a girl). I also know a girl named Erin. She's really nice. I think all Erin's are nice people.

I named my daughter Erin. I love the name ever since I first heard it in the 1990's. I thought it was quite a unique name when I gave birth. I then met, in her first year, 3 other Erin's all under 3 years.

I've never liked the name Erin. No complex reasons, I just don't like the sound of it. But since everyone else loves it, I just thought I'd put in a minority opinion.

Erin is an awesome name. So classy and still sophisticated though all its popularity. Great choice for a baby girl.

This name is very bright. It has a lot of, ummm color in it. It is simple but unique in a way.

Very pretty name.

My name is Erinn. :) At first, I hated my name. But then I came to realize that it is actually pretty cool, and I like it. Now I know that Aaron has nothing to do with it, and that "Erin" means Ireland not "peace." I have met so many people with the names Aaron and Erin, that I am actually sort of glad my name has a slight variation. I have only met one other person who spells it like I do. In fact it was years ago in a Burger King bathroom somewhere in Oregon. I was 9 and she was 4. Our mothers were talking and at the same time they both said "But she spells it with an extra N." It was pretty funny actually. :P Okay, I will stop rambling. :)

Personally, I think that the meaning is, well, uhm, sort of weird. As in, it's a place name, which is somewhat awkward. But hey. It's a nice name. **shrugs**

I liked the name when I was younger, but now I find it dreadfully boring, plain, and too common. It's not as boring as Emma and Ella, but boring all the same. Not a bad name, but overused, and thus it has gotten really dull.

It is the kind of name that suits boys and girls - yes I know it is spelled differently depending on the sex most of the time. But let's face it, it sounds the same when you say it out loud.
It can fit any kind of person as well, anyone from the most frilly girl, to the roughest boy. Or the oldest to the youngest. It is a beautiful name, yet it is very strong.
A wonderful choice!

My name's Erin, and I honestly don't like it very much. Where I live (Syracuse, NY) it's rather common, considering there's a large Irish population. I find it to be too simple, boring, and common to suit myself. But everyone who knows me tells me that they can't imagine me with a different name. I kinda wish they could haha.

I prefer the spelling Aerin. : )

My mother's name is Erin (yes, she's Irish) and even though she's from New York, which has a large Irish population, she never knew anyone else with the name. Even if it is a bit overused now, it is still one of my favorite names.

Short, sweet, and simple in my opinion. (Though I'm not just saying this because it's my name. XD)

I love the name, but it's definitely overused. I'm a high school student, and I have several friends with different versions of the same pronunciation (Several Erins, a couple Aarons, and an Aerin - we've had to make up all kinds of crazy nicknames; it's awful). It's terribly confusing. I think I could only give it as a middle name because of the sheer number of people I know that have it (or a variation).

My name is Saoirse and I was born in Ireland and have lived here all my life. To carry on the tradition of Irish names in my family I have named my daughter Erin.

It's a lovely, simple name, but too common for me to want to use it, and it makes me think of Erin Brady, the ghastly catfighting girlfriend of Steven Tyler.

I would never use it since I'm not Irish and I don't particularly like non-traditional names, but it's pretty enough. As an alternative, there is Erinna, an ancient Greek poetess's name. I added it to "Submitted Names".

My sister's name. I'm not a fan personally, but it has a nice meaning.

I have a friend named Erin who is cute and blonde and at least partly Irish. She pronounces it EH-rin. Honestly, before I searched this name up, I never realised that anyone would pronounce it the same as Aaron. I've only ever heard it pronounced as my friend pronounces it here in Australia.

Love this name sooo much, it's just so cute! :D

Simple and pretty. I like it very much.

I love this name and may call my child this in the future. However it is a bit overused but that doesn't really matter as it's just so beautiful!

Middle names for Erin - Beth, Grace, Kathryn, Elizabeth, Chloe.

Hope this helps anyone!

I'm glad it means small grey owl in aboriginal because I love owls! >_< ^o^

Nothing says silly like naming your daughter after a country. It's as bad as any other place names like Brooklyn, Africa and London. Even if it's derived from the country's name in its own language, Erin is silly.

If you're of Irish background and want to honour your heritage, use an Irish name that's either anglicised or has a pronunciation familiar to English speakers.

I have a friend named Erin (girl) and a friend named Aaron (boy). Which, since we pronounce them both the same in America, is annoying when you try to call one over but they both show up. :) Anyway, I like this name but where I live it's really common.

I see some confusion here.
Erin is the anglicized spelling of the Gaelic (Irish) Éirinn, meaning Ireland. It is neutral in sex, although strongly favors female.
Aaron is Hebrew (the first High Priest of Israel and older brother of Moses) and means "mountain of strength". It is strictly male.
American-English, being the bastardized language it is, has watered the pronunciation of both names down to sound like "air-ren". However, they are NOT the same name, and really are exchangeable by American pronunciation only.

This is my name.
I, being male, have disliked going by this name, as it is predominately a female name. I actually started going by my over-used middle name, Michael, in 3rd grade to get away from the confusion a boy with a girl name has to put up with.
However, my wife and I just had our second child earlier this June, a daughter, and I thought it would be cool to hand the name down to her.
So I am Erin Michael, and she is Erin Morgan.

I love this name and am blessed my parents decided to give me such a beautiful name. Since I am part Irish, but American, they decided this was the perfect name to call their baby girl. They chose to use the actual Gaelic spelling Eireann which I think is a great way to spell it despite what other people think, especially those who feel that it's stupid to spell it any other way than Erin. I love that spelling as well and a few other ways it has been chosen to be spelled. The way I see it is like this... Parents are picking a name & spelling for their baby that they treasure and has a special meaning to them... It's always a heartfelt and loving choice. That's a beautiful thing no matter what letters are used to spell it out! Thank you all for hearing me out. Blessed be!

My middle name is Erin, and I like it! I've only ever met 1 other person with that name, she used to live next door to us and it was her first name. My first name is Cassidy, so all together I think Cassidy Erin [strange both Irish and I'm not!] sounds great together.

My name is Erin. I don't have any Irish background, but I have reddish hair and lots of freckles (UGH!) so Erin tends to fit me. I don't really care for the name though because people spell it wrong all the time. Another thing that makes me mad is that when people ask what my name is and I say "Erin" they always think I said something else... I've gotten "Ann" "Karen" "Mary" and "Heron." I wish my name was something else, but I would never change it as I feel that is disrespectful to my parents. I like Erin Elizabeth (which is my full name) but sometimes I prefer to go by Elizabeth.. because it's prettier and Biblical.

This is my name (I am a pale, freckled and bespectacled brunette of predominantly Irish heritage), which my significant other has pointed out makes my blind hatred of names like Brooklyn and London/Londyn/Lundyn horribly hypocritical, but what can you do? This name is also a strange one, because although there were several Erins in my class when I was a child, now that I'm an adult I seldom meet anyone who shares my name; where did they all go?

Anyway. I neither love nor hate my name, but I suppose it suits me well enough, and it does give me an advantage over the Britneys, Ashleys, Sarahs and Emilys in that when someone's shouting for Erin at work, nobody has to guess which one they mean. And really, isn't that what matters?

My name is Erin and I'm not even Irish lo. I'm from Hawaii. But I still love my name! It's simple and pretty :)

My name is Erin. I was Born in the late 70's and the name was not popular at all in Toronto, Canada. When I was little I did not like my name at all. I didn't meet another Erin until I was in High School and I hated that people were always spelling my name wrong! It wasn't until I was older and learning about my family history in Ireland and the meaning of my name, did I learn to love the name! But I am a purist, I don't like the adding of letters; ERIN- short and simple.

My dumb parents think it's pronounced "ERR-in" and that "AIR-in" is a boy's name. I grew up in the 80's with lots and lots of "Erins" who were pronouncing their names as "AIR-in". It's nice but dated. Just one of those things.

I like the name Erin, but I prefer the simular Eruda. It's got more of a ring to it.

I've been seeing in these last few years Arin being a common variation.

I too, was born in the 80's and have pronounced it AIR-in. My dad's side is Irish, so we all had to have Irish names. I think the variation Eerin would've been neat; I love owls. I grew up in a small town and no one else was named Erin in my school. I used to hate my name, but I like it more now, since it sounds more androgynous.

I usually pronounce the Aaron as "Ah-ron". There was a guy I use to work with as a teenager with the variation "Eron".

Just this week at work I had a customer that was excited to be helped by another "Aaron/Erin".

My name is Erin and my family is Scottish... awkward. I used to hate my name because it's so simple, but now I'm okay with it. I don't particularly like or dislike it. Sometimes it can seem boring or even weird (if I really think about it). I did an exchange to France and my family pronounced my name more like "Erine" (ehr-een), and I actually like that more than how it's pronounced in English. We also have Polish friends who pronounce my name "Irene". There's also a lot of words that can sound like "Erin", so I always think someone is calling my name, which gets annoying. My middle name's Mackenzie, and though I like Mackenzie even less than Erin, I think they go pretty well together.

Erin is such a cute name. I love this name a lot! :D.

My name is Erinn. I didn't like the name as a little girl. I like it well enough now. I enjoy meeting other Erinns no matter how they spell it. My mother always said Erin could be a boy or girl, but Erinn was a girl spelling and that it was an Irish-American derivative of Eirann. In the area I grew up it was pronounced air-in. My mother is from New Jersey. When we moved there, it was pronounced Ehrin. The only thing I don't like is defending the spelling of my name to rude people who tell me it's spelled wrong because of the extra n.

It's quite a versatile name; I can see it on any type of girl. A blonde "mean girl," a nerdy girl with glasses, a tomboy who plays lots of sports, they could all be Erin in my eyes. However, this versatility has made the name a little boring, in my opinion. Because it's so common and can fit so many types of girls, it's lost a lot of charm that a more unusual name would have. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad name at all, it's just plain. If one wants to honor their Irish heritage, I would suggest looking for a less common Irish name instead, something with a bit more originality than Erin.

I like this name because it's simple, but not boring or overused.

It's nice, but I can think of about 3 Erins off the top of my head. The sound is nice, it's just... so common it's become a little dull, such as a name like Liam or Emily.