Eura
Eura is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 11,005 and covers an area of 630.20 square kilometres (243.32 sq mi) of which 51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi) is water. The population density is 19.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.2/sq mi).
Meaning & Origin of Eura
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eura is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 11,005 and covers an area of 630.20 square kilometres (243.32 sq mi) of which 51.33 km2 (19.82 sq mi) is water. The population density is 19.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.2/sq mi).
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The Story of Eura
As a girl name
Eura first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1882, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 44 births, good for #1,132 nationwide. About 22% of every Eura on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Eura last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Eura as a boy name dates back to 1912, when 9 babies received it. 1912 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Eura — #1,746 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Eura on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Eura last appeared in the published SSA data in 1955, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 84 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Eura
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- Carl Oscar Malm , founder of Finnish Sign Language
- Darude (real name Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen), DJ and record producer
- Elias Valtonen , basketball player
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Names that sound like Eura
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About the name Eura
Eura is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Eura's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,132. Use the chart and map above to compare Eura'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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