Ethne pronunciation?

[CityFox]

Is it Eth-nee? I know it's a Gaelic name and so possibly not said the way it looks in English.

[NewYearSameMe]

I would say Eth-na, emphasis on the first syllable.

[ScarletForYa]

Eithne. Et-na.

[FunkyPeacock]

I have only seen it spelt Ethna - pronounced as it looks, eg Eth-na

It's my DD's middle name

[CityFox]

Oh... I like Eth-nee, thought I'd found 'the' name!

[babyblabber]

When you say Gaelic do you mean Irish, Scottish, Welsh?!

I'm Irish and here it is spelt Eithne and pronounced eth-na.

[lcoc2015]

Also irish and i've only seen it spelt eithne pronounced eth-na

[lcoc2015]

But you could pronounce it anyway you liked outside ireland i'd say! Most irish names get changed slightly in pronunciation once they leave the emerald isle due to the weird looking spellings!

[Choughed]

You can pronounce it any way you like, doesn't make it right. It's Eth-na.

[AppleSnapple]

Same as baby blather- am Irish, definitely eth-nah. Lovely if a bit old fashioned name but I love it. I guess you could use esme, with the es-mee not es-may pronunciation, that's quite similar to what you like, maybe?

[RandomMess]

Yep Eth Na - is how dd's friend name is pronounced too

[DramaAlpaca]

I know two Irish Eithnes, one pronounces it Eth-na, the other is Et-na.

It's quite dated I think, I've never heard of an Eithne under 40.

[mrsschu]

Agree with the Eth-na pronounciation. The youngest one I know is about 35 so it's more unusual these days.

[IoraRua]

If you pick an Irish name, pronounce it properly. It's Eithne (eth-nah) here.

[DamsonInDistress]

My Irish mil is Eithne pronounced Eth-nee.

[CityFox]

Wow, so many different pronunciations!

[socktastic]

From reading it, I'd pronounce it eth-nay a bit like Esme

[Pidapie]

eth-ney was my first thought.

[bb888]

What about Xanthe or Ianthe for a similar sound?

[Jemimapuddleduk]

I know one and it's pronounced Eth-nay and I really like it!

[CityFox]

I don't suppose it really matters, so far it can be pronounced:

Eth-na
Eth-neh
Eth-nay
Eth-nee
Et-na
En-ya

[seven201]

I teach an Aithne and hers is pronounced Ethnee. Probably not much help!

[MazzleDazzle]

Eth-nay or Eth-nee depending on your dialect.

[BabeBettaKnow]

Another Irish MN-er and have only ever seen it as 'Eithne', pronounced Eth-na or Et-na. Its an old lady name.

[CityFox]

I'm guessing the old lady Et-na is akin to the English Edna, old lady and should probably stay that way.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Um blabber, Welsh people speak Welsh not Gaelic.