Eachna: Meaning, Pronunciation and Origin
Eachna is an Irish girl's name meaning “horse.” Here’s how to say it, where it comes from, and names that go well with it.
Updated September 2026
- Meaning
- Horse
- Gender
- Girl
How do you pronounce Eachna?
Eachna is pronounced EACK-na. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first.
What does Eachna mean?
From each meaning “steed, horse.” The daughter of a king of the Irish province of Connacht, she was renowned for both her beauty and her fashion sense. “A smock of royal silk she had next to her skin, over that an outer tunic of soft silk and around her a hooded mantle of crimson fastened on her breast with a golden brooch.”
How popular is Eachna in Ireland?
Eachna is rare in Ireland. Since 1964, fewer than three baby girls a year have been registered with the name, so it doesn't appear in the Central Statistics Office's baby name tables.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies’ Names 2025 and its girls' names table.
Eachna in Ogham
Ogham is the oldest way of writing Irish. It was carved along the edges of standing stones, mostly between the 4th and 6th centuries, and read from the bottom up. In later tradition each letter was named after a tree or plant. Here’s Eachna, letter by letter.
- EEadhadh, aspen
- AAilm, pine
- CColl, hazel
- HUath, hawthorn
- NNion, ash
- AAilm, pine
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Names that go with Eachna
Questions about Eachna
- How do you pronounce Eachna?
- Eachna is pronounced EACK-na. Two syllables, stress on the first.
- What does Eachna mean?
- Eachna means “horse.”
- Is Eachna a girl's name or a boy's name?
- Eachna is a girl's name.
- Is Eachna a rare name?
- Yes. Fewer than three girls a year are registered as Eachna in Ireland, too few to appear in the Central Statistics Office's tables.