Easter Forename
Approximately 19,496 people bear this name
Easter Forename Definition:
(m., f.) like Christmas, Pascal, Pentecost, &c., Easter was formerly used as a christian name, and survived until the 19th C. When used as a woman's name it was sometimes confused with Esther.
Easter Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93% | 5,743 | 1:30,918 | 2,698 |
| United States | 100% | 3,248 | 1:111,619 | 4,796 |
| Uganda | 96% | 2,513 | 1:16,298 | 1,416 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 1,599 | 1:9,646 | 1,308 |
| India | 99% | 1,104 | 1:1,100,433 | 69,819 |
| Tanzania | 90% | 844 | 1:62,545 | 4,245 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 812 | 1:239,357 | 7,473 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 747 | 1:40,763 | 3,517 |
| Philippines | 97% | 731 | 1:145,020 | 7,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 640 | 1:12,738 | 1,279 |
| Kenya | 92% | 364 | 1:127,217 | 6,109 |
| Liberia | 64% | 337 | 1:13,092 | 1,053 |
| Zambia | - | 311 | 1:50,980 | 3,185 |
| South Africa | 53% | 123 | 1:443,355 | 22,054 |
| Malawi | 75% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| American Samoa | - | 40 | 1:1,396 | 189 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:20,033 | 1,622 |
| England | 89% | 29 | 1:1,917,342 | 24,911 |
| Indonesia | - | 29 | 1:8,895,299 | 294,414 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Scotland | 80% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Jamaica | - | 6 | 1:480,538 | 12,525 |
| Singapore | - | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Saint Lucia | 60% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Thailand | 75% | 4 | 1:17,516,453 | 200,944 |
| Australia | - | 4 | 1:3,414,406 | 25,298 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Canada | 100% | 3 | 1:11,044,457 | 76,719 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Germany | 100% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
Easter (20,561) may also be a surname.
Easter Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m., f.) like Christmas, Pascal, Pentecost, &c., Easter was formerly used as a christian name, and survived until the 19th C. When used as a woman's name it was sometimes confused with Esther.
F. literally (in Teutonic) ‘a child born at Eastertide’. It is becoming rare.
Found as a female name for two or three generations in the registers of Stretton, co. Rutland, perhaps born at the Christian festival so named.
Meaning: the passover.
A Greek name, meaning: Originally a Greek celebration in honor of spring. This name sometimes is given children born at Eastertide.
Easter Forename Popularity
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