Eyre
About Eyre
This lovely name is best-known as the surname of eponymous Bronte heroine, Jane Eyre, and would make an appealing and distinctive middle name for the child of fans of that book. While the surname Eyre is found mainly in England, its origins are Norse and it's thought to derive from Norse settlers. Still, the status of the classic books means Eyre deserves to stand proudly among English baby names.
Pronounced AIR.
Editor's take: The name Eyre is a girl's name of English, Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "gravel bank river".
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Eyre on lists
Famous Eyres
- Eyre Coote (1726
1783), Irish general and MP
- Eyre Coote (1760
1823), Irish general and governor of Jamaica, nephew of the older Eyre Coote
- Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crow
British diplomat
- Eyre Crowe
English painter
- Eyre Evans Crowe
English journalist and historian
Eyre in pop culture
- "Jane Eyre
" novel by Charlotte Bronte and its main character
- Lake Eyre
largest lake in Australia