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Ethne (female)

Can be spelt:Eithne (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Spelling variant of the Irish Gaelic name Eithne [q.v.], which is from the Gaelic meaning either "little fire" [Whyte], or "kernel" [ONC].
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