Easter

Easter: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “Easter festival”
Origin: English
Say it: EE-ster · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From the English name of the Christian feast of Easter. As a given name it is a devotional and calendar name; the deeper origin of the holiday name is debated.

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How popular is Easter?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Easter in 20240

Peak year1907

Total US babies since 18805,579

Easter was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Easter

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English
Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Easter questions

What does the name Easter mean?

Easter means "Easter festival". It comes from English. From the English name of the Christian feast of Easter. As a given name it is a devotional and calendar name; the deeper origin of the holiday name is debated.

Is Easter a boy or girl name?

Easter is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Easter?

Easter was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1907.

How do you pronounce Easter?

Easter is usually pronounced EE-ster.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.