Eros
Eros is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning Love; desire.
What Eros means
Love; desire.
Eros is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Eros comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Eros is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Eros?
You will not find Eros in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Eros
We group Eros under Love. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Love
Names like Eros
These share Eros's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- David — Beloved.
- Amadeus — Lover of God.
- Esme — Esteemed and beloved.
- Femi — God loves me.
- Habib — Beloved.
- Khalil — Friend; companion.
- Koda — Friend; little bear.
- Madhav — Sweet like honey; Krishna.
- Milan — Gracious, dear and loving.
- Mungo — Dear friend.
- Obi — Heart.
- Romeo — Pilgrim to Rome; the romantic.