Entry № 3029 · Irish origin

Enya Enya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EN-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Iconic Enya - Irish Celtic singer 80M+ records"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "iconic enya - irish celtic singer 80m+ records".

Princess Enya — Irish-Celtic heritage naming.

Irish kernel (Irish).

The name in its native script.

Enya
Transliteration
Enya
Pronunciation
/ ˈɛn.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Enya stands.

Enya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Enyas before her.

Real people
Enya (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin)
Iconic Irish Celtic singer + 4x Grammy + 80M+ records.
born 1961
In fiction
Enya
Irish kernel heritage.

Names connected to Enya.

The number behind Enya.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Enya reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.