Comments on: Name of the Day: Eithne http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eithne Mills http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-28423 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:41:43 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-28423 Hello from Melbourne Australia! I am an Irish born “Eithne”, and of course, pronounce my name as “Ethna”.
I lecture at a university and often have a difficult time explaining my name to my law students, but I carefully give them the phonetic “Ethna”.
They soon get the hang of it.
I have always understood Eithne to mean Little Fire, but I have seen it
as meaning Fiery Conqueror. Ah I do like that!

]]> By: Dawn http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-28108 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:37:24 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-28108 in my experience (i’m also Irish) the “th” sound is extremely uncommon among Irish speakers.

]]> By: Lauren http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-26524 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:19:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-26524 I just named a fictional character Eithne. I like the Ethna / Etna pronunciation, and it seems that the Irish folks on the comments prefer it too.

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Bragnae | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-23400 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:18:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-23400 [...] baffles American English speakers.  Bronagh and Brona are at least as accessible as Oonagh or Eithne.  But I find the Bragnae spelling strangely attractive – and I can’t help think that [...]

]]> By: Eithne http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-22825 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:00:16 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-22825 My name is Eithne .

My parents are both Irish, though I was born in London.

I have kept up a strong ties with Ireland throughout my life since most of my cousins are there and the country itself is stunning, especially (though I’m biased) the landscape of Kerry and Cork.
I went to a catholic school in London where there were many Irish ‘second generationers’ and first generation Irish teachers and so the pronunciation of my name was relatively familiar to them. There were some Polish , Italian and Spanish too and the pronunciation of the name Eithne didn’t phase them.

At secondary school my name was mis- pronounced many times and this has continued to be the case unless people have come across it before or if they hear it pronounced first before they see how it is spelt.

It should be pronounced as ETHNA.

In some parts of Ireland they say Etna, losing the ‘th’ as I believe the Irish Language doesn’t really accomodate a ” th”.
So Etna is not the right pronunciation but one which occurs when the speaker cannot say the “th” sound.

Eithne is pronounced as ETHNA!

]]> By: March Madness: Girls’ Quarter Finals | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-19065 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:03:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-19065 [...] biggest victory went to Adele.  She thoroughly trounced Eithne, garnering 86% of the vote to her rival’s mere 14%.  Lydia and Lila both won by impressive [...]

]]> By: March Madness: Girls’ Opening Round | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-18813 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:06:42 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-18813 [...] elaborate Eithne (6) versus the spare Adele (11) View This Pollonline [...]

]]> By: eithne http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-12296 Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-12296 hi, my name is Eithne. I am Irish, grew up in Ireland and live in Ireland. Eithne is pronounced Eth-NA, NEVER eth-knee (only in England) and NEVER EVER etna, edna or enya …. the only Eithne known as Enya is the lovely singer of that name so it’s probably just a stage name, dating back to some very ancient Irish pronunciatioin. So stick with Eth-na and you won’t go wrong … but it’s a pain having to spell Eithne for people, be warned …

]]> By: Ena http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-10583 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:19:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-10583 Hi! My name is Ena, a anglicized form of Eithne. I was named by my Irish born grandfather, an “amateur” scholar. I was told it meant “fire” and was used as praise in bardic poetry. Undoubtedly, his books would provide a better clue but they are all in gaelic. thank you for all the research!

]]> By: Nancy http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/12/name-of-the-day-eithne/#comment-10100 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:35:03 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1386#comment-10100 My daughter is named Eithne. I’m Scottish and in Scotland (and England) it’s pronounced Eth-nee. I’ve heard Irish variations pronounced En-ya and Etna. i’ve always understod it to mean “little fire” too. No one ever gets the spelling right, though.

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