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Erin is a Hiberno-English derivative of the Irish word '"Éirinn"'.
"Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland, "Éire",
genitive "Éireann", the dative being used in prepositional phrases
such as '"go hÉirinn"' "to Ireland", '"in Éirinn"' "in Ireland", '"ó
Éirinn'" "from Ireland". The dative has replaced the nominative in a
few regional Irish dialects (particularly Galway-Connemara and
Waterford). Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used
'Erin' in English as a romantic name for Ireland. Often, "Erin's Isle"
was used. In this context, along with Hibernia, Erin is the name given
to the female personification of Ireland, but the name was rarely used
as a given name, probably because no saints, queens, or literary
figures were ever called Erin.

According to Irish mythology and folklore, the name was originally
given to the island by the Milesians after the goddess 'Ériu'.

Erin go bragh ("Éire go brách" in standard orthography, dative "in
Éirinn go brách" "in Ireland forever"), a slogan dating from the 1798
revolution, is often translated as "Ireland forever". The etymology of
the word as it drifted throughout the Gaelic region gave rise to its
use by the early Scots to both mean Ireland and "west" — as Ireland
lies to the west of Scotland.


                   Usage as a given or family name                    
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As a given name, Erin is used for both sexes, although, given its
origins, it is principally used as a feminine forename. It first
became a popular given name in the United States. Its US popularity
for males peaked in 1974 with 321 boys registered with the name.
'Erin' is also a name for Ireland in Welsh, and is one of the 20 most
popular girls' names in Wales.

As a family name, Erin has been used as one of the many spellings of
the name of the Scottish clan "Irwin" — which was involved in the
Scottish Plantations of Ireland. However, that name was originally
derived from the place of the same name near Dumfries, and means
"green water", from Brittonic 'ir afon'.


 Females 
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	Erin Andrews (born 1978), American sports reporter

	Erin Anttila (born 1977), Irish-Finnish singer, better known by her


mononym Erin

	Erin Babcock (1981-2020), Canadian politician

	Erin Bell (born 1987), Australian former netball player

	Erin Bethea (born 1982), American actress

	Erin Boag (born 1975), New Zealand ballroom dancer

	Erin Brockovich (born 1960), American legal clerk and environmental


activist and subject of the movie of the same name

	Erin Burnett (born 1976), American news anchor and reporter

	Erin Calipari American pharmacologist

	Erin Davis Canadian Broadcaster and author

	Grey DeLisle (born 1973), American voice actress and recording


artist, real name Erin Grey van Oosbree

	Erin Fitzgerald (born 1972) Canadian-American voice actress

	Erin Gray (born 1950), American actress

	Erin Gruwell (born 1969), American teacher

	Erin Heatherton (born 1989), American fashion model

	Erin Hunter, pseudonym used by the authors of the 'Warriors' and


'Seekers' series

	Erin Kelly (born 1981), American actress

	Erin McKean (born 1971), American lexicographer

	Erin Moran (1960-2017), American actress

	Erin Moriarty (born 1994), American Actress

	Erin Morgenstern (born 1978), American writer

	Erin O'Connor (born 1978), British model

	Erin Phillips (born 1985), Australian former basketball player and


Australian rules footballer

	Erin Pizzey (born 1939), author and founder of the first domestic


violence shelter in the modern world

	Erin Sanders (born 1991), American actress

	Erinn Smart (born 1980), American fencer

	Erin Spanevello (1987-2008), Canadian fashion model




 Males 
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	Erin Henderson (born 1986), American football linebacker

	Erin Clark (born 1997), Samoa league footballer

	Erin Weir, Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of


Regina—Lewvan

	Erin Cossey (born 1971), New Zealand Maori rugby union player

	Erin O'Toole (born 1973), Canadian politician

	Erin Pinheiro (born 1997), Cape Verdean footballer




 Fiction 
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	Erin, protagonist of the Nahoko Uehashi light novel, manga, and


anime series 獣の奏者エリン ('Kemono no Sōja Erin')

	Erin, a character in 'The Simpsons' episode "Summer of 4 Ft. 2",


voiced by Christina Ricci

	Erin Driscoll, a character in U.S. thriller '24'

	Erin Esurance, formally the 'Esurance' mascot

	Erin Hannon, a character in U.S. sitcom 'The Office'

	Erin Noble, a character in British television series 'Young Dracula'

	Erin Quinn, protagonist of British sitcom 'Derry Girls'

	Erin Strauss, the former BAU Section Chief from the U.S. drama


series 'Criminal Minds'

	Erin Walton, a character from 'The Waltons'.




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Original Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin


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