Aine
Aine is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Radiance; queen of the fairies.
What Aine means
Radiance; queen of the fairies.
Aine is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Aine comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Aine is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Aine?
Aine does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Aine
Two ideas meet in Aine: light and brightness and royalty and rule. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Aine
These share Aine's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Cyrus — Sun; lord.
- Aoibhinn — Radiant and beautiful.
- Etain — The shining one.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
- Laoise — Radiant girl; light.
- Maeve — She who intoxicates; queen.
- Muireann — Sea-fair; of the white sea.
- Niamh — Bright; radiant.
- Nuala — White shoulder; fair.
- Orla — Golden princess.
- Orlaith — Golden princess.