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In all the world, Eithne (安妮 , Etna , Eithne ) is a common primarily girly, but very infrequently male forename. The first name Eithne is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common girly name, China, where it is a rare largely feminine, but seldom boy's name, and Mexico, where it is a rare female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in China, Mexico, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Eithne is the last name as well as the forename.
Eithne is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Saint Anne , the mother of Virgin Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions; unnamed in the New Testament or Quran; Kitty Pryde , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, X-Men; Milady de Winter , the character from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers; Anna , the biblical figure mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and Anne Shirley , the fictional girl and woman, protagonist of the eponymous series, introduced 1908, Anne of Green Gables, and in many other works.
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