Talk:Eithne

Eithne is pronounced ETHNA, it has nothing to do with EDNA

Maybe not in English, but apparently the name in Scots (when it's not borrowed from English) derives from Eithne. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Mmmaybe, but it's more likely that this is a case where an English name of non-Gaelic origin was adopted as the anglicized equivalent of a Gaelic name that it bears some similarity to but is not etymologically related to. You see a lot of these in Ireland, like Sarah/Sorcha, Charles/Cathal, Agnes/Úna, Daniel/Domhnall, Grace/Gráinne, and so on. I'm sure there are plenty of similar examples from Scotland, and strongly suspect Edna/Eithne is one. —Angr 12:56, 29 April 2012 (UTC)