Eileen

Meanings & Origins of Eileen

What does Eileen mean?

• Giver of life in the Irish origin.
• Lively; Pleasant in the Celtic origin.
• Giver of life in the English origin.
• Eileen \e(i)-leen\ as a girl's name is pronounced eye-LEEN. From Norman French Aveline. Variant of Evelyn; derived from the Gaelic Eibhl?(see Eibhlin). Also a form of Helen. Fashion designer Eileen Fisher; actress Eileen Brennan.
  
  Eileen has 26 variant forms: Aileen, Ailene, Alene, Aline, Ayleen, Eila, Eilah, Eilean, Eileene, Eilena, Eilene, Eilin, Eilleen, Eiley, Eily, Ileana, Ileanna, Ileen, Ileene, Ilene, Iliana, Ilianna, Leana, Lena, Lianna and Lina.
  
  For more information, see also related names Eireen and Eleanor.
  
  Baby names that sound like Eileen are Elleen, Eleen and Wileen.
  
  in the Gaelic origin.

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