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Eileen

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Eileen: Irish variation of Helen Meaning of Eileen: "bright, shining one" Eileen's Popularity in 2012: #824

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Plain-Jane Irish name that's so far out it's...still out. Aileen, Ailene, Alene, Aline, Ayleen, Eila, Eilah, Eilean, Eileena, Eileene, Eilena, Eilene, Eiley, Eilie, Eilieh, Eilina, Eiline, Eilleen, Eillen, Eiley, Eily, Eilyn, Eleen, Elene, Ilene Ilianna, Leana, Lena, Lianna, Lina.

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Famous People Named Eileen

Eileen Heckart, American actress
Eileen Atkins, English actress
Eileen Brennan, American actress
Eileen Farrell, American opera singer
Eileen Collins, American astronaut

Pop Culture References for the Name Eileen

Come on Eileen, song by Dexys Midnight Runners
Eileen Galvin, a character in the video game Silent Hill 4
Eileen, a character from the comic Foxtrot. Jason's worst enemy as well as his crush.
Eileen Codlin from Extraordinary* by Adam Selzer. (It should probably be noted that the main character says this character "sucks cheese.")
Eileen Prince, mother of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series

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