Éilis or ÉilÃs (
respectively and ), anglicized as Eilish or Eylish (
or ), is a
Gaelic given name
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
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Notable people with the given name include:
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Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( ; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom ...
, American singer-songwriter
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Eilish McColgan
Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the Games record, and 5000 metres silver medallist. McColgan is a four-time European Champio ...
, British athlete
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EilÃs Dillon
EilÃs Dillon FRSL (7 March 1920 – 19 July 1994) was an Irish author of 50 books. Her work has been translated into 14 languages. , Irish writer
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ÉilÃs Nà Dhuibhne
ÉilÃs Nà Dhuibhne (; born 22 February 1954), also known as Eilis Almquist and Elizabeth O'Hara, is an Irish novelist and short story writer who writes both in Irish and English. She has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and ...
, Irish writer
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Eilish Holton, Irish girl famous for being a conjoined twin, her sister Katie did not survive an operation that separated them
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Irish-language feminine given names