Irish Girl Names Starting with E

Éabha is the Irish form of Eve, the name of the first woman in the Bible. It comes from the Hebrew Chawwah, which is traditionally linked with a word meaning “to live.” The name reached Irish early, appearing in Old Irish as Eua, and in Irish Adam and Eve are Ádhamh agus Éabha.

No. 2 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 294 baby girls.

Eachna means “horse.”

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.

Éala is inspired by eala, the Irish word for “swan.” The dictionary word has no fada; the accent on the É was added for the name, which is one of the newest in Irish use and first appeared in the national baby-name statistics in 2018.

No. 10 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 209 baby girls.

Ealga comes from the Irish ealga, an old literary word meaning “noble.” It is best known from Inis Ealga, “noble island,” one of the poetic names for Ireland. The 17th-century historian Geoffrey Keating listed Inis Ealga as the third of Ireland’s ancient names, explaining that ealga is equivalent to uasal, “noble,” and that the name was used in the time of the Fir Bolg.

Rare in Ireland: fewer than three baby girls a year get the name.

Eavan in Irish is Aoibheann, meaning “radiant beauty.” Say it EVE-een.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2010.

Eibhleann means “pleasant, beautiful, radiant.”

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2017.

Eileen in Irish is Eibhleann, meaning “pleasant, beautiful, radiant.” Say it AVE-linn.

No. 443 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 8 baby girls.

Eimear is an Irish girl's name from legend: the wife of the hero Cuchulainn, said to have all six gifts of womanhood.

No. 207 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 21 baby girls.

Éinín means “little bird” in Irish, from éan “bird” and the diminutive ending -ín, the same ending that turns Róis (Rose) into Róisín. Einin is the same name written without the fada. The Irish dictionary’s example phrase an t-éinín bíogach, “the chirpy little bird,” shows the word in ordinary use.

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2023.

Eithne means “kernel, seed.”

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2013.

Elaine in Irish is Eibhleann, meaning “pleasant, beautiful, radiant.” Say it AVE-linn.

No. 608 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 5 baby girls.

Enya in Irish is Eithne, meaning “kernel, seed.” Say it EN-ya.

No. 304 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 13 baby girls.

Etain means “jealousy.”

Not in Ireland's 2025 tables (fewer than three babies); last recorded in 2022.

Eva in Irish is Aoife, meaning “beautiful, radiant, joyful.” Say it EE-fa.

No. 69 for girls in Ireland in 2025, with 77 baby girls.