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Erec m Arthurian Cycle
Possibly derived from the Old Breton name Guerec, which may be related to Welsh Gweir, the name of several of King Arthur's warriors and relatives in early Welsh tales... [more]

Erek m English
Variant of Eric.

Erel m & f Hebrew
Possibly derived from Hebrew אֶרְאֵל (erel), a word found in the Old Testament (in Isaiah 33:7) which means "hero, valiant one" or possibly "angel" (related to 'Er'ellı̄m, a post-biblical name of the angels, and perhaps originally a contracted form of Ariel: אריאל).... [more]

Erel m Yakut
Means "elder" in Yakut.

Eren m Kurdish
From the Kurdish word meaning "enduring, everlasting". In Kurdistan this name is borne by mostly villagers, but it also includes quite a few notable nobles. Supposedly the author of Sharafnameh, Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi, was also called "Eren" in his youth.

Eren m Albanian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare)

Eret m Sami
Sami form of Erik.

Ergo m Estonian
Variant of Eerik.

Erie f & m English (American, Rare)
Possibly a transferred use of the name of Lake Erie or of the famous Erie Canal. In rare use in the US from the late 1800s to the 1910s and again briefly in the 1960s and 1970s.

Érik m Spanish
Spanish form of Erik.

Érik m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Eric.

Êrik m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Erik.

Erik m Kazakh
Variant transcription of Yerik.

Erim m & f Turkish

Erin m & f Yoruba
Means "smile" in Yoruba.

Erin m Albanian

Eriq m English, African American, Various
Variant of Eric. A known bearer is American television actor Eriq La Salle (1962-), birth name Erik.

Eris m Albanian

Eriş m & f Turkish
Means "access" in Turkish.

Erke m Sami
Sami form of Erik.

Erke f & m Kazakh
Means "spoiled, naughty" or "beloved" in Kazakh.

Erke m & f German (Rare)
Short version of names with Erken- such as Erkenbald or Erkenhild or version of Erik.

Erki m Estonian
Variant of Eerik.

Erko m German (Rare)
A short form derived from Old High German erkan "pure, genuine".

Erko m Estonian
Variant of Erki.

Erle m Breton
Derived from Old English eorl "noble".

Erlé m Breton (Gallicized)
Variant of Erle.

Erma m Italian, Biblical Italian
Italian form of Hermas.

Erne m Spanish
Short form of Ernesto.

Erni f & m German, Spanish
Diminutive of Erna 1 and Ernestine (both feminine) as well as Ernesto and Ernst (both masculine).... [more]

Ernö m Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of Ernő.

Erny m English
Diminutive of Ernest.

Eron m Albanian

Erős m Medieval Hungarian

Erpo m German (Rare, Archaic)
The name derives from a Germanic root (Old Norse jarpr) meaning "dark brown".

Erpr m Old Norse
Variant of Jarpr, an Old Norse by-name meaning "brown".

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]

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.

Ersu m Turkish (Rare)
From Turkish er meaning "man" and su meaning "water".

Erth m Medieval Cornish, History (Ecclesiastical)
Cornish form of Erc, referring to a 6th-century Irish saint.

Ervé m Provençal
Provençal form of Hervé.

Ervo m Estonian
Short form of Ervin.

Erxi f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 迩 (ěr) meaning "be near, close" and 曦 (xī) meaning "sunshine, sunlight, early dawn".

Eryc m English (Rare)
Variant of Eric.

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]

Erys f & m Indonesian (Rare)

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]

Erza m Indonesian

Esad m Bosnian, Albanian
Albanian and Bosnian form of Asad.

Esai m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Indian
As a Spanish name, Esai is likely a short form of Esaias (and possibly influenced by Esau).

Esat m Turkish, Albanian
Turkish and Albanian form of As'ad.

Ésaü m Biblical French
French form of Esau.

Esaú m Catalan (Rare), Spanish, Portuguese
Catalan, Spanish and Portuguese form of Esau.

Esaù m Italian
Italian form of Esau.

Esco m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Esco.

Esed m Bosnian (Rare)
Variant of Esad.

Esek m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
From the biblical place name Esek meaning "strife, contention".

Èsen m Mari
Means "healthy" in Mari.

Esen m Mongolian
Means "healthy, good health" in Mongolian.

Eser m Romani (Archaic)

Eset m Uyghur, Albanian, Turkish
Form of Asad.

Eshi m Buryat
Buryat form of Yeshe.

Eshu m African, Yoruba
A god of the Yoruba of West Africa.

Eske m Danish
Modern Danish form of Esger.... [more]

Esli m Biblical
Meaning "near me" or "he who separates." Son of Nagge or Naggai, in the genealogy of Christ.

Esmo m Estonian

Espn m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Espen, influenced by the television network ESPN.

Esra m Biblical German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic, Faroese, Afrikaans
German, Afrikaans and Scandinavian form of Ezra.

Esri m & f English (Rare)

Esse m Swedish
Diminutive of Esbjörn, Esaias and other names beginning with Es-.

Este m Medieval French
Recorded once in Paris of 1292. Possible masculine variation of Estee.

Ësti m Luxembourgish
Short form of August.

Esti m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Æisti.

Estu f & m Javanese
From Javanese èstu meaning "real, true, correct".

Esus m Gaulish Mythology

Etai m Biblical Hebrew

Etak m Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Nepali, Hindi, Gujarati, Assamese, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Fijian, Indian (Sikh), Indian (Christian), Sanskrit
Name : Etak एतक... [more]

Étán m Biblical Hungarian
Hungarian form of Ethan.

Étan m French (Modern)

Etán m Spanish
Spanish form of Ethan.

Etan m Jewish, Biblical German, Biblical Swedish
Variant of Ethan used in the German and Swedish translation of the Bible. This name is borne by Israeli-American director Etan Cohen.

Etão m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ethan.

Ethi m Biblical, Biblical (Hellenized)
Variant transcription of Attai, as used in 1 Chronicles 2:35 and 12:11.... [more]

Etho m & f English

Etim m Efik, Ibibio
Means "to care for; to prepare for" in Ibibio and Efik.

Etok m Efik
Means "small" in Efik.

Etom m & f Nigerian
Etom means "life" it is from the people of cross river state in Nigeria

Eton m & f Efik

Étor m Aragonese
Aragonese form of Hector.

Etre m Medieval Hungarian

Étsa m Aguaruna
Means "sun" in Awajún.

Etsa m Shuar
Means "sun" in Shuar.

Etti f & m Finnish, Swedish, Danish
A variant form of Eddie, Ettie and Etta.

Eual m English (American, Rare)
Likely a variant of Ewell.

Eudo m Medieval English, Medieval French
Older form of Eudes. Some scholars also see a link to the Germanic elements euth- and eud-, which they connect to the Old Norse jodh "child".

Euel m English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Ewell.

Euge m English
Short form of Eugene.

Euke m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish short form of Eugenius.

Euly m Tagalog (Latinized, Modern)

Èume m Medieval Occitan, Occitan (Archaic)
Occitan form of Elmo.

Eume m Galician (Modern, Rare)
From the name of a river in the north of Galicia, itself from a Celtic word cognate of Latin umeo ("to be wet"), both ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *wegʷ ("wet").

Euny m Medieval Cornish, History (Ecclesiastical)
The name of a 6th-century Cornish saint.

Euri m Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Uriah.

Euro m Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese

Evan m Breton (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Ewan.

Evan m & f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)

Evdê m Kurdish

Even m Breton
Variant of Ewan.

Even m English (Rare)
Variant of Evan.

Evin m Scandinavian
Variant of Even.

Evin m & f Irish
From Éimhín with the typical Irish diminutive suffix ending with the letter 'n'. From the root word eimh meaning "swift" or "lively". ... [more]

Evon m English
Variant of Evan.

Evox m Scottish
Variation of Quivox.

Evra f & m Turkish, Literature, Popular Culture
In Irish author Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak series, Evra Von is a member of the sideshow where he is displayed as a 'snake boy'.

Èvre m Late Roman (Gallicized, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical, Rare)
French form of Aprus.

Evro m Laz
Means warm wind in Laz originates form Eurus

Evyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Evan.

Ewan m Manx
Manx form of both Eoghan and Eyvindr (via Old Danish Ewind). This name is sometimes mistaken for a Manx form of John.

Ewar m English (Australian, ?)
Of uncertain etymology.

Ëwen m Walloon
Walloon form of Evan.

Ewen m French, Breton
Come from Erwan or Eoghan. Ewen is quite popular in French with 13000 people using this name in 2023.

Ewin m English
Variant of Ewan.

Eyan m English (American)
Variant of Ian.

Éyie m Jèrriais
Variant of Élyie.

Eyre m & f English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Eyre.

Eyub m Adyghe, Circassian, Kabardian
Circassian form of Job

Ezan m Bosnian
Male name of Arabic derivation, from ezan, Islamic call to worship.

Ezav m Croatian
Croatian form of Esau.

Ezaw m Polish
Polish form of Esau.

Ezel m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Ezell.

Ezel f & m Turkish

Eziu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ezio.

Ezri m Hebrew
Means "my helper" in Hebrew. In the Bible Ezri was an overseer during King David's reign.