Etain

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For a girl. This is hypothetical at the moment but any thoughts?

Not a fan, sorry. Seems made up. Looks a bit like train or Etam

How do you pronounce it? E-tane?

The story is beautiful. I like it.

Yes pronounced as written.

By "seems made up" do you mean "not immediately identifiable as English"?

It's not made up, it's a very old Celtic legend.

It's okay, sounds too much like 'attain' though.

I quite like it.

I came across an Etain through work recently & I remember thinking how unusual it was.

do you mean Etaoin?

Makes me think of Eitan which is the Hebrew form of Ethan. It has a pretty sound though

I know an Etain, pronounced Et-ain, not mad about it tbh

I'm not massively keen but I do tend to like a frillier sort of name

It's nicely phonetic and unusual without being strange though.

No I mean Etain, as per the title lyspaere. Do you mean Eadaoin?

No, I didn't. I know of two Etaoins but I don't know a single Etain. That's why it looked wrong to me.

It's dreadful by the way.

Is Etaoin pronounced E-tane or Ay-deen?

ett ayn

It isn't easy to say or particularly attractive on the ear I'm afraid.

How is it not easy to say?

I think because it's quite vague. You hear it and you think 'what did I just hear there?'

Pertain?

A lot of names out there I wouldn't know but they seem to sound stronger, more like a name. I'm not unfamiliar with Celtic names and I had heard of this one but it still sounds like a word not a name. I can think of a few random words that wouldn't work as names that sound like Etain.

I saw thread title and assumed it was a boys name.

Etain is French for Pewter

I think it sounds quite nice in French (sort of Ay-tan) but it sounds like a boy's name to me.

I assumed it was a boys name because I'd never seen/heard of it before so related it to Etienne somehow.

It's not what I'd choose (although my DD has an 'is that made up?' because it isn't English name!) but I think it's quite nice. Certainly not dreadful.

I assumed to was a boy's name too.

Google 'The Wooing of Etain', the tale is gorgeous. In earlier forms, her love turns him and her into swans and they fly to escape.