Gender: Girl
Meaning: Bright, shining light
Origin: Irish/Scottish
Popularity: Ranked #718 in 2024 with 390 babies born.
History: An Anglicized form of the Irish name Eibhlín, which itself derived from the Norman French Aveline. It has been used in Ireland and Scotland for centuries and was popular in the English-speaking world throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Aileen? About 1 in 8,535 babies born in 2024 were named Aileen, or roughly 1.1 per day in the United States.
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