Eanna
Boy · AY-na · Irish
Big in Northern Ireland
Eanna is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Eanna mean?
Irish: from Irish Éanna, anglicised as Enda
Saint Éanna (Enda) founded a famous early monastery on Inis Mór, the largest of the Aran Islands.
- Say it
- AY-na
Is Eanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Eanna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Eanna, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Eanna of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Eanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 175th in Northern Ireland.
Eanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
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