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 [ 2 syll. e-na, en-a ] The girl name Ena is pronounced EHNah KEY. 1: Ena has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in English and German. The name could have developed from the diminutive of other names ending with the Latinate feminine suffix '-ena' or '-ina', or else it could be Anglicized from Eithne. It was popularized by Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), better known as Queen Ena of Spain; in her case, Ena was the result of a misreading of her last name Eva on a handwritten note at her christening. In the UK, the name has in recent times been made known by the dreaded fictional character Ena Sharples in the long-running British TV soap opera Coronation Street (1960-). A variant form of the name is the Irish, Polish, Dutch, English, Japanese, German, and Scandinavian Ina. 2: Ena's language of origin is African-Efik. Here, the meaning is beaded, adorned. The meaning refers to a long white bead worn as an ornament in Africa. Ena is an Irish variant form of the Irish and Scottish Eithne. Ena is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1906, 0.028% of baby girls were given the name Ena. Its ranking then was #354. The baby name has since experienced a marked decline in frequency, and is now used on a very modest scale. Within all girl names in its group, Ena was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ena include the Irish and Scottish Eithne, the English Emi, the English Emie, the Turkish Emine, the English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian Emma, the English and German Emmi, the English Emmie, the Dutch and English Emmy, the Frisian and German Enna, the English and Irish Enya, the English Aimee, the French Aimeé, the French Aimée, the English Aimi, the English Aimie, the English Aimy, the Finnish, Scandinavian, and Catalan Aina, the Finnish Aino, the Vietnamese Am, and the English Amy. KEY: English pronunciation for Ena: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
