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Help[Opinions] Ena & Ira
Ena and Ira are a couple of names I came across in my family tree. WDYT?
Ena is an anglicised version of Eithne. Which do you prefer?
Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from
Ena is an anglicised version of Eithne. Which do you prefer?
Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from
This message was edited 2/22/2024, 3:17 AM
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I love Ira. It's the name of one of my favorite authors, I love the spooky meaning, and I love that it's so chic and pared down yet has that "old man" character. I love that it means anger in Spanish too!
Ena is interesting... I admire the Edwardian briefness of it; like Ada, Ida, Ivy, Ella, etc. Despite how it fits in with today's current name trends though, I get why people aren't more into it. There's something off about it. It feels almost medical to me somehow, cold and sterile. I'm going to add it to my Uncanny Valley list.
Ena is interesting... I admire the Edwardian briefness of it; like Ada, Ida, Ivy, Ella, etc. Despite how it fits in with today's current name trends though, I get why people aren't more into it. There's something off about it. It feels almost medical to me somehow, cold and sterile. I'm going to add it to my Uncanny Valley list.
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I'm not big on biblical names, and Ira - being also Latin for Rage or Anger - doesn't stand a chance.
I knew an Ena at school: very musical, lovely singing voice, good at sport; thanks to her, Ena sounds quite nice to me, but not enough to use. I'd prefer Enya, another anglicised version, but wouldn't want to copy the singer.
I knew an Ena at school: very musical, lovely singing voice, good at sport; thanks to her, Ena sounds quite nice to me, but not enough to use. I'd prefer Enya, another anglicised version, but wouldn't want to copy the singer.
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Many people love Emma, but they don't love her popularity, so I think people will react hotly when Ena becomes known.
Ira looked at his ranking and saw that he was in the top 1000 again. I'm NMS because I don't like names that start with a vowel and have no consonants other than r and l, but it was an expected result since such "liquid" names are popular these days.
Ira looked at his ranking and saw that he was in the top 1000 again. I'm NMS because I don't like names that start with a vowel and have no consonants other than r and l, but it was an expected result since such "liquid" names are popular these days.
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I love Eithne but don't care for Ena.
Ira is nice—it brings to mind a wise Jewish curmudgeon. (Maybe because this was my family's dentist's name...?)
Ira is nice—it brings to mind a wise Jewish curmudgeon. (Maybe because this was my family's dentist's name...?)
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I've only seen Ira in use once in non-biblical Jewish history (In R. Natan Sternherz's "Names of the Righteous", where he lists off the names of righteous men and women from jewish history up to the 1800s, with more names being added in later editions. Here, Ira is a name of a rabbi from Wallachia). It seems Ira really kicked off when droves of East-European Jews migrated to the US, in the early 1900s, and started using Ira and Irving as Americanised forms of Israel and other jewish names. Obviously that didn't work in the assimilation route, as those names are now almost exclusively Jewish-american.
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I don't like either but Ena is better.
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Don't really like any of the three, too old fashioned
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