Énna

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Énna

Say it: AY-nuh

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Meaning

Uncertain.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

560 babies given this name since 1886
At its height in 1894, about 1 in 24,800 girls
15 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Éanna

English	Enda

Famous bearers

Saint Énna (Enda) of Aran

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
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.