Eileen

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Hi, i like the sound of the name Eline(eh-leen), but i am afraid that its would be hard to pronounce and often mistaken for other names like elaine, ellen.. Now i am thinking of Eileen. Its well known, kind of rolls better off the tongue than Eline. What are your thoughts on Eileen? I regularly see that its an old lady name. I haven't found any new opinions on this name as first name. What do you think about this Name today? Still dated? Ready for an comeback, if so? Professional? Whimsical? Does it suit a cool girl? Eline or Eileen?

as in Come on Eileen?

unusual i would have thought

The name Eileen is elegant and dignified. A beautiful name. It means ‘shining light’.

The song Come on Eileen is still very well known. I wouldn’t.

I do immediately see it as an old lady's name but now I actually think about it I think it's lovely.

i dont see old lady

I know spelt with E rather than A but makes me think of the American serial killer. And the song.

I've never heard of Eline (ee-line). Are you trying to decide between this and Eileen?
I'd go with Eileen.

Come on, Eileen?!

Please don't, my name is in a song title and people sing it at me all the bloody time 🙄

Eh-leen is also pretty clunky so wouldn't use that either.

How about Eleyna (E-lay-na)?

I like it. I do know the song but it isn't the first thing that came to mind. The song is 40 years old! So a bit before my time, I think I've only heard drunk people in their 50s/60s sing it on NYE

DH & I were watching television the other night and someone called Eileen popped up, with a problem. Instantly and simultaneously, we both said, 'Come on, Eileen!'

I think it's ingrained in British people of a certain age.

most people over 40 will associate it with grandmas or fiddles/dungarees, but it might feel fresh for a younger generation?

I take it you don't watch Coronation Street?

I'm in my 40s and my first thought was the song. Having said that I work with an Eileen and don't think of the song with her, so it's just a fleeting thing. I do think it's quite an old fashioned name though

It's awful.

@irishfarmer I'm in my mid 30's and have heard that song a million times, not a name I've really heard elsewhere though so maybe that's why it's my first association!

i bought the record when it first came out, in 12 inch vinyl

There was a young woman in the Winter Olympics recently, a snowboarder maybe, who was Asian-American I think and she was called Eileen. It struck me because it's so unusual on a young girl but she was very cool & I thought it was lovely.

what about
Aileen

No

Really don’t like it. I know an Eileen and the song plays in my head every time she texts me 😂

Makes me think of Eileen Grimshaw from Corrie. It is dated, probably won't come back for 15-20 years, but I'm sure it will. It's not awful, but I'm not fond and there isn't nice diminutives.

Middle name for Eileen? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/4467509-middle-name-for-eileen

This came up recently.

What do you call a girl with one leg longer than the other?

Eileen

(Sorry! )

What about Isla, maybe look for a name that sounds similar, without the Eil start. I'd avoid Eileen. For me it's of a generation of names like Doreen that are functional but not beautiful.

Awful. Dated, frumpy and not due a comeback.