Given name
Eileene
“a birdlike woman”
Eileene is a variant of Eileen. In Gaelic use, Eileen carries the interpretation “a birdlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eileene is a variant of Eileen. In Gaelic use, Eileen carries the interpretation “a birdlike woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eileene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 548
- 0 boys · 548 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eileene’s family of names
Eileene has a related form in Eileen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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