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While looking through names, I noticed a huge spike in the popularity of Ena not only in the US, also in New Zealand and France! It charted in France and New Zealand for the first time in the aforementioned year, but I'm really curious about what is behind the sudden boost, especially in a non-Anglophone country.
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks in advance.
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-Lori Greiner
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Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg, known as Ena, married King Alfonso XIII of Spain in May 1906.
Ena wasn't a diminutive of Eugenie/Eugenia, but rather her fourth name: Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena. It seems that it was meant to be a the Scottish name, as she was born in Balmoral Castle. Sources I've read claim it was a misspelling of "Eua" or "Eva".
Cf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Eugenie_of_Battenberg
Ena wasn't a diminutive of Eugenie/Eugenia, but rather her fourth name: Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena. It seems that it was meant to be a the Scottish name, as she was born in Balmoral Castle. Sources I've read claim it was a misspelling of "Eua" or "Eva".
Cf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Eugenie_of_Battenberg
This message was edited 6/20/2023, 6:46 AM
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Thank you so much! :)
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