Eilert
Eilert is a male given name. Notable people with the given name include:Edvard Eilert Christie (1773–1831), Norwegian businessperson and politician Eilert Bøhm (1900–1982), Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics Eilert Dahl (1919–2004), Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s Eilert Ekwall, Professor of English at Lund University, Sweden, from…
- Low German
- Norwegian
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Eilert
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eilert is a male given name. Notable people with the given name include:Edvard Eilert Christie (1773–1831), Norwegian businessperson and politician Eilert Bøhm (1900–1982), Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics Eilert Dahl (1919–2004), Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s Eilert Ekwall, Professor of English at Lund University, Sweden, from…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Low German
- Norwegian
- Swedish
The Story of Eilert
Eilert first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1913, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1913: 7 births, good for #2,273 nationwide. Eilert last appeared in the published SSA data in 1917, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Eilert
Eilert is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 26 births in the dataset. Eilert's peak popularity came in 1913 when it ranked #2,273. Use the chart and map above to compare Eilert's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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