Eris
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddes
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɪəɹɨs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eris is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- COColombia≈1 in 41K
- USUnited States1 in 157K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)
2,123 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia;
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Eris is read(measured from records)
Eris is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English35%
The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia;
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Greek goddess, personification of
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
strife
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Spanish27%
Eris (Greek goddess)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Indonesian13%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Eris in Indonesian.
- Portuguese6.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Eris in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eris counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 2,123 | 1 in 157K | 1.5K | Eris | 104 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Eris | 12 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Eris | 28 |
| HN Honduras | #753 | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Eris | 10 |
| AL Albania | — | 816 | 1 in 3.8K | 816 | — | — |
| SV El Salvador | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Eris | 5 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 23K | 2.7K | — | 1 |
2,123 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eris is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Polish, Eris (Greek goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, Eris, the goddess of discord, confusion, and strife
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eris O'Brienb. 1895AUAustralian Catholic prelate (1895–1974)
- Eris Patonb. 1928NZNew Zealand cricketer (1928-2004)
- Peter E. Kloedenb. 1949AUnot in their usual namePh.D. University of Queensland 1975
- Eris Muhandesb. 1982AFAfghan footballer
- Eris Abedinib. 1998CHKosovan association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 68 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 2.7K | #251 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #7,247 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 816 | #594 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 634 | #7,247 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 128 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2025 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 26 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 2 | #251 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Eris a male or female name?
- Eris is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Eris mean, and where does it come from?
- The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddes… Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Eris?
- A machine transcription gives /ɪəɹɨs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Eris have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Eris, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eris.
- Where is Eris most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eris is densest in Albania — about 1 in 3.8 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Eris?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,123 people named Eris in 2020, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
- How common is Eris compared with other names?
- In Honduras, Eris is the 753rd most common given name of 23,588 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/erisThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eris” — the 753rd most common given name in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.