Eileen


Eileen is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlín, an Irish form of the Norman French name Aveline, which is derived from the Germanic Avi, possibly meaning desire in combination with the diminutive suffix el and -in. It is related to the English name Evelyn and the variant name Aileen. The name Eileen has been featured in classic Irish songs.
It may refer to:

People

Artists

  • Eileen Agar, British Surrealist painter and photographer
  • Eileen Andjelkovitch, British violinist
  • Eileen Fisher, clothing retailer and designer
  • Eileen Folson, Broadway composer
  • Eileen Ford, American model agency executive
  • Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect
  • Eileen Hazell, Canadian sculptor and potter
  • Eileen Ramsay, British maritime photographer
  • Eileen Shields, American footwear designer and entrepreneur

    Entertainers

  • Eileen , American-born singer in France
  • Eileen Atkins, English actress
  • Eileen Barton, American singer
  • Eileen Bellomo, member of rock group The Stilettos
  • Eileen Bowman, American actress
  • Eileen April Boylan, Filipina/Irish-American actress
  • Eileen Brennan, American actress
  • Eileen Catterson, Scottish fashion model and former Miss Scotland
  • Eileen Daly, English actress, singer and director
  • Eileen Davidson, American film actress
  • Eileen Derbyshire, English character actress
  • Eileen DeSandre, American actress
  • Eileen Essell, Irish actress
  • Eileen Farrell, American opera and concert singer
  • Eileen Fulton, American actress
  • Eileen Heckart, American actress
  • Eileen Helsby, British actress
  • Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress
  • Eileen Ivers, Irish-American musician
  • Eileen Joyce, Australian pianist
  • Eileen McCallum, Scottish actress
  • Eileen O'Brien, English actress
  • Eileen Pollock, Northern Ireland actress
  • Eileen Rodgers, American singer and Broadway performer
  • Eileen Rose, American singer/songwriter
  • Eileen Ryan, American actress
  • Eileen Sedgwick, American silent film actress
  • Eileen Walsh, Irish actress
  • Eileen Way, English actress
  • Eileen Whitfield, Canadian journalist and playwright
  • Eileen Wilson, American television star
  • Eileen Yeow, Singaporean actress

    Politicians

  • Eileen Anderson, Hawaii politician
  • Eileen Bell, Northern Ireland politician
  • Eileen Desmond, British politician
  • Eileen C. Dugan, New York politician
  • Eileen Ehlers, New Hampshire politician
  • Eileen Gordon, United Kingdom politician
  • Eileen Hickey , New York politician
  • Eileen M. Hickey, Northern Irish politician
  • Eileen Lemass, Irish politician
  • Eileen Malloy, US ambassador
  • Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Northern Irish politician
  • Eileen Parsons, British Virgin Islands politician
  • Eileen Woestmann, German politician

    Sportspeople

  • Eileen Ash, English cricketer
  • Eileen Coparropa, freestyle swimmer from Panama
  • Eileen Ellison, English Grand Prix racer
  • Eileen Gleeson, Irish football manager
  • Eileen Gu, Chinese freestyle skier
  • Eileen Hiscock, British athlete
  • Eileen McNamara, equestrian
  • Eileen O'Keeffe, Irish hammer thrower
  • Eileen Bennett Whittingstall, UK tennis player

    Writers

  • Eileen Albrizio, American writer
  • Eileen Chang, Chinese writer
  • Eileen Dunne, Irish newsreader
  • Eileen Gunn, American science fiction writer and editor
  • Eileen Kernaghan, Canadian novelist
  • Eileen McNamara, American columnist and professor
  • Eileen Myles, American poet
  • Eileen Pollock , American television screenwriter and producer
  • Eileen Power, British economic historian and medievalist
  • Eileen Tabios, Filipino-American writer and artist
  • Eileen Wilks, American fiction writer

    Other

  • Eileen Barker, British sociologist
  • Eileen Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Foundation community
  • Eileen Collins, American astronaut
  • Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania
  • Eileen Rockefeller Growald, daughter of David Rockefeller
  • Eileen McKenney, wife of American writer Nathanael West
  • Eileen Nearne, member of UK Special Operations Executive
  • Eileen Costello O'Shaughnessy, Irish murder victim
  • Eileen O'Shaughnessy, wife of British writer George Orwell
  • Eileen Saxon, infant known as "The Blue Baby"
  • Eileen Southern, African-American musicologist
  • Eileen Tallman Sufrin, Canadian author and labour activist
  • Eileen Vidal, kelper telephone and radio operator

    Characters

  • Eileen Shallot, character in the novella The Dream Master
  • The Birthday Girl: Eileen
  • Eileen the Crow, from the 2015 video game Bloodborne
  • Eileen Prince, mother of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter book series
  • Eileen Roberts, from the cartoon Regular Show
  • Eileen Galvin, from the horror video game Silent Hill 4
  • Eileen Grimshaw from the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Eileen, a fairy in the charmed ridge level from Spyro: Year of the Dragon
  • Eileen, a character from Tyler Perry's 2013 film A Madea Christmas
  • Eileen, a character in the game Virtua Fighter 5
  • Eileen, a character from Craig of the Creek
  • Eileen, a character from Library of Ruina

    Media

  • Eileen, a 2023 psychological thriller
  • Eileen, a 2015 novel
  • Come on Eileen, a 1982 song by Dexys Midnight Runners