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Áine

Girl · Old Irish

Áine

Say it: AWN-yuh

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Meaning

Uncertain. Linked to Old Irish áine 'splendour, brilliance', a gloss some scholars accept and others doubt.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Rendered as Anne or Hannah in English records, by sound only.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

01020304018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2004per million babies of that sex
  • 1,429 babies given this name since 1966
  • At its height in 2004, about 1 in 27,000 girls
  • 47 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Irish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Aine

Famous bearers

  • Áine, Otherworld woman associated with Knockainey, County Limerick

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Where this comes from

  • Well-known works of literature
  • The Irish annals and early Irish literature
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.