Baby Names of Ireland

Irish Girl Names Starting with E

14 Irish girl names beginning with E, with what each one means and how to say it.

Updated September 2026

There are 14 Irish girl names starting with E here. The ones readers look up most are Eimear, Eileen and Eva.

The E names for girls on this page that the most babies were given in 2025, by the Central Statistics Office’s ranking.

  1. No. 2 girlsÉabha294 babies
  2. No. 10 girlsÉala209 babies
  3. No. 207 girlsEimear21 babies

Irish girl names starting with E

Eimear

pronounced EE-mer

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

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

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