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What does Ena mean?

Ena Pronunciation of Ena as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ena is "renewer". From Ednah. Also anglicized form of the Gaelic name Eithne or Enat, and short for names ending with -ena (compare Ina). The name became popular because of Queen Victoria's granddaughter Princess Ena, who had her name misread by the minister who baptised her. The original intended name was Eva. Also form of Edna.

ENDS WITH -na

ASSOCIATED WITH gaelic, queen, princess

Variations

VARIANTS Eena, Ina

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA EDNAH, EITHNE, ENAT, EVA, INA Aine, Ava, Eddna, Eddnah, Eeva, Efa, Eitna, Enya, Ethna, Ethnah, Ethnea, Ethni, Etna, Eubha, Evah, Evani, Evia, Evie, Evina, Evita, Yna

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Ena?

Ena is a very prominent first name for females (#1673 out of 4276, Top 39%) and a slightly less prominent surname for all people (#120330 out of 150436, Top 80%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Ena reached its peak rank of #691 in the U.S. during the years 1900-1909, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Ena name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Ena outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Ena listed in the Top 2000 are Aine, Ava (#3 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Edna (#1737), Ednah, Etna, Eva (#75), Evah, Evia, Evie (#322), Evita and Ina. Adoption of these forms of Ena reached its peak during 1890-1899 (MEDIAN #956) and is somewhat lower today (#1511, DOWN 42%). Eva has generally been the top pick of parents, although Evie appears to be gaining favor too, while forms like Eva have become less popular.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Ena, Ava, Edna, Ednah, Etna in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Eva, Evah, Evia, Evie, Evita, Ina in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Aine, Ava, Eva, Evie outside U.S.

Similar Names

Ena is alike in pronunciation to Aenya, Aina, Ainah, Anais, Ania, Anni, Anyu, Eanna, Einaye, Eionia, Enaya, Ennya, Euna, Iana, Ianna, Inah, Ioana, Ionia, Ionya, Onie, Una, Unagh, Wina, Yanna and Yonah. Other recommended sound-alike names are Eba, Eda, Ela, Elna, Ema, Enda, Enza, Erna and Ewa. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ena.


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