Comments for EILEEN:

This is also a form of Helen.

-- wiswina  12/3/2005

"Come on Eileen" was a big hit for the group Dexy's Midnight Runners in the 80's.

-- Anonymous User  12/16/2005

Eileen Regina Edwards is the birthname of multimillionaire singer, Shania Twain. When her mother married Jerry Twain her name was changed to Eileen Twain and she later adopted her stage name, Shania.

-- Anonymous User  1/2/2006

Eileen Snape is Severus Snape's mother in JK Rowling's 6 novel Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.

-- Jeana Bradbury  5/19/2006

This is my name, and I like that there aren't very many girls with this name who are my age (seventeen). It's nice to hear someone call your name in a crowded hallway and know that s/he means you. Two things that girls with this name will hear, though, are the song "Come on Eileen" (I've had it played for me on a marimba) and lame jokes about "I lean" that usually involve only having one leg.

-- Anonymous User  6/20/2006

Eileen is pronounced ei-leen. Aileen is pronounced ay-leen.

-- xKatiex  10/28/2006

There is a novelist named Eileen Dreyer.

-- Anonymous User  11/28/2006

This is my aunt's name, Eileen Rose. I also just realized a few weeks ago that Eileen backwards is "Neelie", a name that (in a baby names book I have) is listed as being Irish/feminine in origin, and meaning "Victorious".

-- Pheadirean  2/2/2007

Eileen is my mother's name and I think it is pretty. I read one of the posts above and was glad to see there is a 17 year old named Eileen. I don't have children but if I did and had a daughter she would have been named Eileen. Not only is it a pretty name, my mother is an angel on earth to everyone she meets. That makes the name even more special to me.

-- luckyneko1  10/1/2007

This is my grandmother's name, and I love it! I wish it was more popular as it's so sweet and angelic. I would definitely consider it for future children (I already have 2) either as a main name (which I doubt my husband would allow) or as a middle name.

-- Anonymous User  10/5/2007

My Grandmother, who was from the Republic of Ireland's names were Catherine Eileen Veronica, and she used Eileen to refer to herself, my aunt is also called Eileen Anne, I'm to used to this name for older women, so I woldn't name a girl this, as it hasn't youthful connotations for me.

-- Mtbridge  12/5/2007

A famous bearer was American stage, film, & television actress Eileen Heckart (March 29, 1919 - December 31, 2001). In film, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film 'Butterflies Are Free' (1972). She also appeared in the film's original stage version on Broadway in 1969. She received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2000, and also won an Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the comedy television series 'Love and War' in 1994.

-- AndrewJKD  4/12/2008

This one sounds like an old-fashioned country girl name to me, and it brings to mind that one hit wonder tune titled Come On Eileen as well. I don't flat out hate the song, but I don't want it to get stuck in my head either.

-- slight night shiver  4/22/2008

This name seems ok, but not very childlike. It always makes me think of old ladies and middle aged women.

-- Hushpuppy  10/24/2008

This is my paternal great-grandmother's name, and it's good to know there are those of the younger generations with this name.

-- ICEyun  12/2/2008

Why not name your little girl this name? It's beautiful and not used as much as other names you hear, traditional and made-up. I'd consider this name in a heartbeat. It makes me think of a girl who is tall, has brown hair and hazel eyes, soft-spoken, elegant and very smart.

-- _0TophasNails_1  12/22/2008

Eileen Power (1889-1940) was a well-known English historian, specialising in the medieval period. Her books are still widely read. She was a professor at the London School of Economics, the second woman appointed to a chair there (Lilian Knowles was the first).

-- Jonquil  1/5/2009

In all honesty I think this is quite a nice name, and I love the song Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners. Lively, fun and historical-sounding name. Lovely. :)

-- walesgal92  7/9/2009

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