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Eileen - is it really that bad?

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TheFatOwlOfTheRemove · 25/05/2010 16:18

have seen it slated on here and just want to check it's still as frowned upon as before

if dh and I had another baby and it was a girl, Eileen would be a strong contender - I love it and it reminds me of green velvet and fiddle music

is it still considered awful?

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foreverastudent · 25/05/2010 18:53

what about Aileen instead?

englishpatient · 25/05/2010 18:39

I have just read a book set in the war with a little girl called Eileen in it. It's not a name I would have thought of - I don't know anyone called it - but after finishing the book I have quite warmed to it. She was nicknamed Eily too.

Just13moreyearstogo · 25/05/2010 18:37

Your daughter will not thank you for it.

Impress73 · 25/05/2010 18:23

Please dont! You have no idea how unfunny the "come on" gag is until you've lived with it for 20+ years. And it never goes away!!!!!

Do I sound like I have issues.....I'll get me coat

LuluF · 25/05/2010 17:46

flimflammum - you beat me to it too!

I think autodidact is spot on - I can't think of any nice names ending in 'een'.

I doesn't sound nice to me - but maybe that depends where you live.

said · 25/05/2010 17:42

There's a Bruce Springsteen song where he pronounces Doreen as D'reen/Duhreen. That makes it sound slightly better.

sapell3 · 25/05/2010 17:17

I like Eileen.

Other names with "een" sound or similar

Alina
Emmeline
Eveline/a,
Jasmine
Corinne
Serena
Zarina
Alexandrine
Caitlin
Cari ne
Celandine
Cherylin
Colleen
Delphine
Evangeline
Georgina
Jaqueline
Janine
Kathleen
Sabin e
Seraphine
Tamsine
Valentina

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TheFatOwlOfTheRemove · 25/05/2010 16:50

no, I on;y like Eileen

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jellybeans · 25/05/2010 16:50

it's shockingly bad

thumbwitch · 25/05/2010 16:49

I can just about cope with Aileen - but other than that I agree with autodidact.

They sound better if there is an 'a' on the end - Sheena, Irina etc.

Corinne can be pronounced Correen - don't mind that one too much
Aisling is pronounced Ashleen, that's ok
Roisin is pronounced Rosheen, that's ok

Any of those any good, TheFatOwl?

4andnotout · 25/05/2010 16:44

My nan is called Eileen, I quite like it but prefer Aileen.

LetThereBeRock · 25/05/2010 16:43

For Fatowl

autodidact · 25/05/2010 16:43

Are there any nice names ending in "een"? I hate Doreen, Noreen, Maureen, Irene, Eileen...

lifeas3plus1 · 25/05/2010 16:40

My grandmother (dad's mom) is Eileen, she hates it.

My mom is Aileen and hates it so much she has always used her middle name and bollox anyone who dares uses her first name.

It's a horrible name, sorry.

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TheFatOwlOfTheRemove · 25/05/2010 16:37

no, I didn't!

I have an Auntie Maureen and I adore her, but hate her name

I love Eileen though!

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emmyloo2 · 25/05/2010 16:37

What about Eleanor?

I am not a big fan of Eileen to be honest.

thumbwitch · 25/05/2010 16:35

pmsl at thefatowl - did you really not get it?

I loathe Eileen. And Maureen. I had an auntie called one and my mum was called the other - doesn't matter, I loved my mum and didn't like the auntie but can't stand either name.

LetThereBeRock · 25/05/2010 16:33

I think it's a very ugly name,and it instantly makes me think of that horrid song.

shumway · 25/05/2010 16:33

I like the name and I like the song

mathanxiety · 25/05/2010 16:32

Eilidh is much nicer, imo.

DD1 had an Eileen in her class and That Song was her theme music.

How about Evelyn or Evaline? Or Eibhlin, which can be pronounced with the V sound or as Eileen?

skidoodly · 25/05/2010 16:32

Eileen Over and Ulick Magee

that's what it makes me think of

heading4home · 25/05/2010 16:29

I think it's a pretty name which has been utterly, utterly ruined by the awful song.

Maybe in another 10 years?

swanandduck · 25/05/2010 16:28

I have a lovely Goddaughter called Eileen and I still HATE the name.

tammytoby · 25/05/2010 16:28

I quite like it, actually.

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