Eithne

ETH-na / EN-ya · kernel, grain

Eithne is an Irish girl’s name, said ETH-na / EN-ya, and it means kernel, grain.

How to say Eithne

Eithne is said ETH-na / EN-ya, written the way an English speaker would read it. Ulster, Connacht and Munster each put their own turn on a name, so you may hear it said a little differently depending on where you are.

What Eithne means

Eithne means kernel, grain. The singer Enya’s name is a spelling of how Eithne sounds.

Also written as

Eithne turns up in English with these spellings: Enya, Ethna.

Names that mean something similar

• Gráinne: possibly from grán, “grain”

More Irish girls’ names

• Eibhlín: Irish form of Eileen / Evelyn
• Fiadh: wild, a deer

All Irish names, with meanings and pronunciations · Write Eithne in Ogham · Eithne in the old Gaelic script