Eabha

Eabha is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Life; the living one.

What Eabha means

Life; the living one.

Eabha sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Eabha comes from

Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.

Eabha is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.

How popular is Eabha?

Eabha sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.

The character of Eabha

The thread we file Eabha under is Life — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Life

Names like Eabha

These share Eabha's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Evelyn — Wished-for child; life.
• Ava — Life, bird, living one.
• Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
• Embla — Elm; the first woman.
• Enid — Soul; life; purity.
• Eshe — Life.
• Eve — Life; the living one.
• Zoe — Life.
• Aisha — Alive; living.
• Aiyana — Eternal blossom.
• Anastasia — Resurrection; rebirth.
• April — Opening buds of spring.

More Irish names

• Donovan — Dark warrior chief.
• Eamon — Wealthy protector.
• Diarmuid — Free man; without envy.
• Eilish — Pledged to God.
• Desmond — From South Munster.
• Eoin — God is gracious.
• Delaney — From the alder grove.
• Etain — The shining one.
• Deirdre — She who whispers; sorrowful beauty.
• Fergus — Man of vigour and strength.