Erin

American  

[er-in] / ˈɛr ɪn /

noun

1. Literary. Ireland.

2. a female given name.

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idioms

1. Erin go bragh. Erin go bragh.

Erin British  

/ ˈɪərɪn, ˈɛərɪn /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic name for Ireland

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Etymology

Origin of Erin

from Irish Gaelic Éirinn, dative of Ériu Ireland

Example Sentences

Erin Giddens had long dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur—but not while she earned a steady paycheck in the corporate world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Erin Moriarity started saving and investing in her teens, and was “aggressively chasing FIRE” as a young adult “through very traditional behaviors: working, budgeting, and saving and investing,” she told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

“Your experience is not unique,” says Erin Keating, an executive analyst at the services firm Cox Automotive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Erin Richards, who stars in the virtually all-Welsh crime drama “Mudtown,” might be best known here for playing model Kelly Fisher in “The Crown.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Bewitched” actor Erin Murphy shared in a Sunday post on Facebook and Instagram that Runyon died “after a brief battle with cancer.”

From Los Angeles Times