Eber
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The name Eber is derived from the Hebrew root 'avar' (עבר), meaning "to cross over" or "the region beyond"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛbɛr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eber is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.
- HNHonduras≈1 in 4.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 4.9K
- ARArgentina≈1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Peru (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 144 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Honduras, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Eber is derived from the Hebrew root 'avar' (עבר), meaning "to cross over" or "the region beyond". It is the same root from which the term "Hebrew" is believed to be derived, potentially signifying people who came from beyond the Euphrates River.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eber counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | #844 | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Eber | 55 |
| BR Brazil | — | 4,562 | 1 in 46K | 5.3K | Eber | 104 |
| AR Argentina | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 2 | Eber | 55 |
| HN Honduras | #412 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Eber | 19 |
| GT Guatemala | #535 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Eber | 18 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | — | Eber | 16 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 284 | 1 in 12K | 284 | — | 14 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eber is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Eber is a masculine name of biblical Hebrew origin meaning "the region beyond" or "to cross over." While it has ancient roots and is associated with an important ancestor of Abraham, it is a relatively uncommon name in modern times.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Eber is a biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "traveler" or "the one who crosses over." In the Bible, one Eber is a son of Shashak from the tribe of Benjamin, noted in the Old Testament genealogies.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
He is traditionally viewed as the eponym of the 'Hebrews' (Ivriim) and represents the faithful lineage preserving the monotheistic tradition from Shem to Abraham.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
From the Hebrew root 'avar' (עָבַר), the name Eber means "to cross over" or "region beyond". [3, 5] It is often interpreted as "traveler" or "nomad". [2]
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Eber is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to cross over" or "the other side," and can be interpreted as "traveler" or "one who passes over."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eber Bakerb. 1780USAmerican politician
- Eber D. Howeb. 1798USAmerican newspaper founder
- Eber Brock Wardb. 1811USAmerican businessman (1811–1875)
- Eber Simpsonb. 1863USAmerican politician (1863-1919)
- Eber Landaub. 1878LVLatvian anatomist (1878-1959)
- Eber Simpsonb. 1895USAmerican football and basketball player (1895-1964)
- Eber Lobatob. 1931ARArgentinian actor (1931-2014)
- James Eber Caldwellb. 1943CACanadian politician
- Eber Moasb. 1969UYUruguayan footballer
- Eber Finn1700 BC (AFM), 1287-1286 BC
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 25 countries.
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eber mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Eber is derived from the Hebrew root 'avar' (עבר), meaning "to cross over" or "the region beyond". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Eber have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.5 thousand people named Eber in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eber.
- How do you pronounce Eber?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛbɛr/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Eber a male or female name?
- Eber is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Eber?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 4,562 people named Eber in 2022, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.
- How common is Eber compared with other names?
- In Peru, Eber is the 844th most common given name of 254,284 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Eber?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eberThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eber” — the 844th most common given name in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.