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Eira.

a female given name

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈei̯rɑ/[ˈe̞i̯rɑ̝]
  1. a female given name

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  2. a neighborhood of Helsinki, the site of a hospital named for the Old Norse goddess.

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  3. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

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Where this word comes from

From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir (“relief”). The neighborhood in Helsinki was named after a hospital in the area, in turn named after a hospital in Stockholm, named after the aforementioned goddess.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.