Eris

Where Eris comes from

Eris hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1895
    Eris O'Brien born
    Australian Catholic prelate
  2. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,164 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1923
    Peak, #457
    226 babies named Eris — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1924
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #728.
  5. 1998
    Eris Abedini born
    Kosovan association football player
  6. 1998
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Eris Abedini · Kosovan association football player, born 1998
  • Eris O'Brien · Australian Catholic prelate, 1895–1974
  • Eris Paton · New Zealand cricketer, 1928–2004
  • Eris Muhandes · Afghan footballer, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.