Modern
- Enya (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin), musician
- Eithne Farry, former literary editor of Elle
- Eithne Fitzgerald, Irish economist and former Labour Party politician.
- LÉ Eithne (P31), a ship in the Irish Naval Service
- Eithne Walls, a physician and former dancer, who danced with the popular Riverdance group on Broadway, died on the Air France Flight 447 crash on June 1, 2009.
Other spellings and earlier forms include: Ethnea, Ethlend, Ethnen, Ethlenn, Ethnenn, Eithene, Ethne, Aithne, Enya, Áine (sometimes a separate name), Ena, Edna, Etney, Eithnenn, Eithlenn, Eithna, Ethni, Edlend, Edlenn.
Eithne is considered by some sources to be the feminine cognate of the name Aidan.
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