Enda

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Enda is an Irish male given name , which also occurs occasionally as a female first name.

Origin and meaning

Enda or Enna is the anglicized form of the Irish name Énna with the possible meaning like a bird (“bird-like”).

The Latin form of the name is Endeus .

Name bearer

First name

  • Enda Kenny (* 1951), Irish politician (Fine Gael)
  • Enda Stevens (* 1990), Irish football player
  • Enda Walsh (* 1967), Irish playwright, radio play writer and theater director

Saints

Individual evidence

  1. Enda on behindthename.com (English)
  2. Énna with etymology of the name on behindthename.com (English)
  3. Enda on vornames-weltweit.de
  4. St. Enna, or Endeus, Abbot
  5. Saint Enna of Emlaghfad