Ethne

Variation of Eithne, Irish

"kernel"

Ethne Origin and Meaning

The name Ethne is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "kernel".

Ethne is one of the many Irish Gaelic names whose spelling and pronunciation -- it's en-ya -- will prove endlessly confusing to English speakers.

The name Ethne in Pop Culture

• Ethne Eustace heroine of A. E. W. Mason's 1902 novel 'The Four Feathers'