Girl's name
Éimear
“EE-mer”
uncertain; possibly 'swift'
The story behind the name
Emer, daughter of Forgall, was the wife of Cú Chulainn — said to have the six gifts of womanhood (beauty, voice, sweet speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity), and she would not marry him until he had proved himself in arms. She is the standard by which the sagas measure a woman's accomplishment.
Where the name belongs
Famous people with this name
- Eimear Quinn (born 1972) — Irish singer
- Eimear McBride (born 1976) — Irish writer
- Eimear Lambe (born 1997) — Irish rower
- Eimear Richardson (born 1986) — Irish cricketer
- Eímear Noone (born 1978) — Irish conductor and composer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Éimear on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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