as a First Name
One of several Anglicized forms of the Gaelic name Eithne. In the case of Queen Victoria's granddaughter Princess Ena (Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena, 1887–1969) it had a different origin: it was a misreading by the minister who baptized her off a handwritten note of the originally intended name Eva. In England, the name is remembered principally as that of the fearsome Ena Sharples in the television soap opera Coronation Street. See also Ina.
| 3,030th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,443
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Ena per capita
- 1920
- marked the height of its popularity
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