Eileen - is it really that bad?

[TheFatOwlOfTheRemove]

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?

it's shockingly bad

no, I on;y like Eileen

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

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

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.

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

Your daughter will not thank you for it.

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.

what about Aileen instead?