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    Eira

    AY-ruh

    Welsh
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Snow; Mercy
    Origin
    Welsh
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Eira does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Snow; Mercy", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Eira.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Eira falls as snow upon scarlet sins — washing, purging, making white, the frozen mercy that covers and cleanses.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 1:18

      "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

    • Psalm 51:7

      "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

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