Eimear is from the Irish Eimear / Emer — Irish mythological feminine name + foundational meaning swift, swift one. A modern American baby name in the broader Irish-Celtic heritage aesthetic. Eimear is one of the foundational Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish mythological heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Emer — foundational wife of foundational Cú Chulainn (foundational Hound of Ulster + foundational central hero of foundational Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology + foundational Táin Bó Cúailnge / Cattle Raid of Cooley foundational Irish epic) + foundational central character in foundational Tochmarc Emire (Wooing of Emer) + foundational possessing Six Gifts of Womanhood (foundational beauty + voice + sweet speech + needlework + wisdom + chastity) — foundational central Irish feminine virtue-ideal + foundational source of foundational W.B. Yeats On Baile's Strand 1903 + Lady Gregory Cuchulain of Muirthemne 1902. Foundational Irish feminine name reflecting Celtic mythological heritage.
Featured throughout Irish heritage.
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Eimear reduces to seven.