how do you pronounce Eanna (I think it is Irish)

[yawningmonster]

thank you.

[ShauntheSheep]

I'd pronounce it A(thats a as in the name of the letter)-na

[yawningmonster]

thanks btw you are my ds' hero and he will be absolutely beside himself with jealousy if I told him I have been speaking to Shaun.

[beanieb]

[throckenholt]

here

[yawningmonster]

thanks does that mean it is really a boys name. DH and I are stuck on names and in desperation we looked at his geneology chart to see if there are any ancestor names we liked. Eanna was on there but didn't say male or female as wasn't on dh's direct line iykwim. Was hoping it was a girls name and quite liked it but though it might be said Yanna. Oh well maybe back to drawing board.

[VintageGardenia]

I would pronounce it Ay-a-na, but very smoothly, not clunky three syllables.

It's a bit like Beatrice, some people say Beetriss and some say Bee-a-triss (well ok it's not like, because it's Irish).

I know a couple of Eannas and they both pronounce it that way.

[VintageGardenia]

Tis a boy's name.

[yawningmonster]

bother, thanks for that def back to drawing board.

[throckenholt]

if you like the sound then why not make it Ayna or even Anya ?

[mum41]

Ho it's pronounced Enna it's a boys name and means Birdlike. My girl attends an all Irish speaking school and it's called Gaelscoil Éanna this is how I know

[EsmeCordelia]

I always thought it was the Irish version of Enda.

[Gungdjur]

Vintage is right and it should be Éanna - fada on the a.

[KanyesVest]

It's a girl's name too. Eanna Ni Lamnha too tipsy for fadas is a supremely cool woman

[DramaAlpaca]

Looking at the date of the OP, which is almost eight years ago, I'm sure they've decided on a name by now