Aileen is a feminine given name. Its common used in Ireland. It comes from the Turkish name Aylin, which means "Halo of the moon". Notable people with the name include:
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Aileen Adams
Aileen Kirkpatrick Adams (born 5 September 1923) is a British retired consultant anaesthetist.
Early life
Aileen Adams was born on 5 September 1923. She graduated from the University of Sheffield.
Career
Adams worked as a junior anaesthetist ...
(born 1923), British consultant anaesthetist
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Aileen Allen (1888–1950), American diver
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Aileen Armitage
Aileen Armitage (pen names Ruth Fabian, Erica Lindley, Aileen Quigley) is a British writer and author of more than thirty-five historical novels. She is partially-sighted and legally blind.
Early life and education
Armitage was born in Luton, Bed ...
(born 1930), British writer and author
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Aileen Baviera (1959–2020), Filipino political scientist and sinologist
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Aileen Bernal (born 1994), Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner
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Aileen Britton
Aileen Britton (18 February 1916 in Sydney – 19 April 1986) credited also as Aileen Britain, was an Australian character actress of theatre, radio, television, and film (TV movie and theatrical), with a career in the industry spanning nearly 5 ...
(1916–1986), Australian actress
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Aileen Bryan (1925–2005), American sailor
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Aileen Campbell
Aileen Elizabeth Campbell (born 18 May 1980) is a Scottish football administrator and former politician who has served as the chief executive of Scottish Women's Football since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party, she was a Member of ...
(born 1980), Scottish politician
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Aileen Cannon (born 1981), American lawyer and federal judge
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Aileen Carroll
Margaret Aileen Carroll ( O'Leary; June 1, 1944 – April 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She served as a member of the House of Commons from 1997 to 2006 who represented the ridings of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford and Barrie. She serve ...
(1944–2020), Canadian politician
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Aileen Christianson (1944–2020), English lecturer
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Aileen Convery (born 1969), Irish swimmer
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Aileen H. Cowan (born 1926), Canadian painter and sculptor
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Aileen Crowley (born 1994), Irish rower
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Aileen Cust
Aleen Isobel Cust (7 February 1868 – 29 January 1937) was an Anglo-Irish veterinary surgeon. She was born and began her career in Ireland. In 1922 she became the first female veterinary surgeon to be recognised by the Royal College of Veteri ...
(1868–1937), Anglo-Irish veterinary surgeon, a first
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Aileen Dent (1890–1978), Australian artist
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Aileen Despard Aileen Despard was an actress, born on July 19, 1908 in Mullynure, County Armagh, Ireland. She died August 25, 1981 in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.
In 1930, the magazine '' Film Weekly'' sponsored a pair of film acting scholarships. Th ...
(1908–1981), Irish actress
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Aileen Donnelly, Irish judge
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Aileen Eagleton
Aileen Eagleton (5 February 1902 – 1984) was a British painter and wood engraver.
Biography
Eagleton was born in Bexley in Kent and studied art in London under Louis Thomson. She was a member of the Society of Graphic Art and exhibited on a ...
(1902–1984), British painter and wood engraver
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Aileen Eaton
Aileen LeBell Eaton (February 5, 1909 – November 15, 1987) was a boxing and professional wrestling promoter who was influential in the United States' west coast's boxing and wrestling scene for five decades. In 2002, she was the first woman i ...
(1909–1987), American boxing and wrestling promoter
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Aileen Mary Elliott
Aileen Mary Edith Elliott (19 December 1896 – 1966) was a British artist known for her paintings of boats and harbour scenes.
Biography
Elliott was born in Southampton to Jean Alexander Brown (1864–1944) and Walter Pearson Elliott, a timber ...
(1896–1966), British artist
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Aileen Fisher
Aileen Lucia Fisher (September 9, 1906 – December 2, 2002) was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books, including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible-themed books, plays, and a ...
(1906–2002), American writer, poet, and children's author
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Aileen Fox
Aileen Mary Fox, Lady Fox, ( Henderson; 29 July 1907 – 21 November 2005) was an English archaeologist, who specialised in the archaeology of south-west England. She notably excavated the Roman legionary fortress in Exeter, Devon, after the S ...
(1907–2005), English archaeologist
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Aileen Frisch
Aileen Christina Frisch (born 25 August 1992) is a South Korean- Slovenian luger. Frisch competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics for South Korea.
Sports career
In 2012, Frisch became the world junior female singles luge c ...
(born 1992), South Korean-Slovenian luger
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Aileen Fyfe
Aileen Fyfe is a historian.
Academia
Fyfe formerly lectured on the history of science and technology, typically nineteenth-century, at NUI Galway, . Since 2011 she has been based at the University of St Andrews and is Director of Research fo ...
, British historian
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Aileen Galvin
Aileen Martina Galvin (born 22 July 1968) is a former Scottish international cricketer whose career for the Scottish national side spanned from 2000 to 2006.
Galvin was born in Dublin, Ireland, but played all of her international cricket for Sco ...
(born 1968), Scottish cricketer
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Aileen Garmson
Aileen Anna Maria Garmson ( Douglas, later Wrack and then Cooke; 1863 – 30 May 1951) was a New Zealand trade unionist and political activist. She was born in County Cavan, Ireland in circa 1863.
She became one of the first three female c ...
(1863–1951), New Zealand trade unionist and political activist
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Aileen Geving
Aileen Miranda Geving ( Sormunen; born February 13, 1987) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. She represented the United States on the women's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics and earned her first national championship in 20 ...
(born 1987), American curler
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Aileen Gilroy
Aileen Gilroy (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Hawthorn in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Gilroy signed with North Melbourne as a rookie during the 2019 rookie signing period in August. She made her debut against Me ...
(born 1993), Australian rules footballer
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Aileen de Graaf
Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). She is member of the Dutch national team.
She also plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Da ...
(born 1990), Dutch darts player
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Aileen Griffiths (1918–2007), Australian community worker
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Aileen Gunther (born 1954), American state politician and nurse
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Aileen Hernandez
Aileen Hernandez (born Clarke; May 23, 1926 – February 13, 2017) was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) between 1970 ...
(1926–2017), American union organizer and civil right activist
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Aileen Keel
Aileen Margaret Keel CBE FRCPath FRCPG FRCPE FRCSE FRCGP (born 12 August 1952) is a Scottish medical doctor and academic who is serving as the Director of the Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme at the University of Edinburgh. She pre ...
(born 1952), Scottish medical doctor and academic
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Aileen S. Kraditor
Aileen S. Kraditor (April 12, 1928 – March 8, 2020) was an American historian who has written a number of works on the history of feminism.
Career
Aileen Kraditor obtained a B.A. at Brooklyn College and then an M.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia Uni ...
(1928–2020), American historian
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Aileen Lawlor
Aileen Lawlor (Eibhlín Uí Leathlóbhair) née Redmond is the 29th president of the Camogie Association. A former camogie player, referee and official, Lawlor assumed office in March 2012 after defeating Catherine O'Hara of Antrim for the posit ...
, Irish Gaelic football referee
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Aileen Lee (born 1970), American businesswoman
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Aileen Elizabeth Lynch
Aileen Elizabeth Lynch (1898–1983) was an Australian public servant and Women's Land Army
The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created in 1917 by the Board of Agriculture during the First World War to bring wo ...
(1898–1983), Australian public servant and politician
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Aileen MacDonald, Australian politician
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Aileen MacKeogh (1952–2005), Irish sculptor and academic
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Aileen Manning
Aileen Manning (January 20, 1886 – March 25, 1946) was an American film actress.
Manning was in demand as a character actress in silent films. She was known for her roles in silent and early talkie films, including ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1927) ...
(1886–1946), American actress
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Aileen Marson (1912–1939), British actress
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Aileen Marty, Cuban scientist
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Aileen McColgan
Aileen McColgan, KC is a British barrister and academic. She was Professor of Human Rights Law at King's College London between 2001 and 2018 and is now Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds. She is an expert in labou ...
, British barrister and academic
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Aileen McCorkell
Aileen Allen McCorkell, Lady McCorkell OBE ( Booth; 18 September 1921 – 25 December 2010) was the founder and first President of the British Red Cross branch in Derry. In 1972, she and her husband, Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell, hosted secr ...
(1921–2010), British businesswoman
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Aileen McGlynn
Aileen McGlynn (born 22 June 1973) is a Scottish paralympic tandem champion cyclist, tandem piloted until 2009 by Ellen Hunter but most regularly piloted by Helen Scott.
Biography
Born in Paisley and grew up in Glasgow, McGlynn was partia ...
(born 1973), Scottish Paralympic cyclist
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Aileen McLeod
Aileen McLeod (born 24 August 1971) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Scotland constituency, having been elected in the 2019 European Parliament election. She served ...
(born 1971), Scottish politician
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Aileen Meagher (1910–1987), Canadian relay runner
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Aileen Mehle
Aileen Mehle (née Elder, June 10, 1918 – November 11, 2016), known by the pen name Suzy or Suzy Knickerbocker, was an American society columnist, active in journalism for over fifty years. Her column was syndicated to 100 newspapers and read ...
(1918–2016), American columnist
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Aileen Mills
Aileen Patricia Mills 1962 is a female former track and field athlete who competed for England in the 400 metres hurdles.
Athletics career
Mills became the British champion in 1985 when she won 1985 UK Athletics Championships.
Mills represente ...
(born 1962), English track and field athlete
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Aileen Morales
Aileen Rae Morales is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball, Georgia Tech.
Coaching career Young Harris
On June 18, 2013, Aileen Morales was announced as the new head coach of the Young ...
(born 1987), American softball coach
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Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Aileen Moreton-Robinson is an Australian academic, Indigenous feminist, author and activist for Indigenous rights. She is an Aboriginal woman of the Goenpul tribe, part of the Quandamooka nation on Stradbroke Island in Queensland. She was the ...
(born 1956), Australian academic, feminist, author, and activist
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Aileen Morrison
Aileen Reid (née Morrison; born 15 June 1982 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the Uni ...
(born 1982), Irish triathlete
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Aileen Neilson (born 1971), Scottish wheelchair curler
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Aileen Noonan (born 1950), Irish chess player
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Aileen O'Brien (1913–2000), American writer, journalist, and political activist
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Aileen O'Toole, Irish former journalist, newspaper founder, & consultant
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Aileen Osofsky (1926–2010), American community leader, philanthropist and bridge player
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Aileen Palmer
Aileen Palmer (6 April 1915 – 21 December 1988) was a British Australian poet and diarist. She worked as an interpreter during the Spanish Civil War for a mobile hospital and later in an ambulance unit in London during The Blitz. With a his ...
(1915–1988), British-Australian poet and diarist
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Aileen Passloff (1931–2020), American dancer and teacher
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Aileen Paterson
Aileen Francis Paterson (née Henderson) MBE (30 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Scottish writer and illustrator, best known for her series of children's books about Maisie MacKenzie, the kitten.
Biography
Aileen Paterson was born in t ...
(1934–2018), Scottish writer and illustrator
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Aileen Pippett (1895–1974), British journalist and biographer
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Aileen Plant (died 2007), Australian expert in infectious diseases
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Aileen Plunket (1904–1999), Anglo-Irish hostess
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Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle (born Aileen Bisbee; July 23, 1895 – December 16, 1989) was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era.
Biography
Early life
Born into a prominent and wealthy San Francisco family and educated in Europe, ...
(1895–1989), American actress
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Aileen Quinn (born 1971), American actress
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Aileen Raymond
Aileen Cynthia Raymond (23 November 1910 – 28 April 2005) was an English television and stage actress.
She was born on the Isle of Wight in 1910.
She appeared occasionally on British television.
Raymond married three times; to actor John ...
(1910–2005), English television and stage actress
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Aileen Ribeiro
Aileen Ribeiro is a historian of fashion and author of several books about the history of costume.
Biography
She was educated at King's College, London and at The Courtauld Institute of Art, also in London, where she later became a professor and l ...
, English historian
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Aileen Richards, Welsh businesswoman
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Aileen Riggin (1906–2002), American swimmer and diver
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Aileen Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts
Aileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts, (20 September 1870 – 9 October 1944) was a British peeress. She was one of the six children of Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts and Nora Henrietta (née Bews). She succeeded to the ti ...
(1870–1944), British noblewoman
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Aileen B. Ryan (1912–1987), American politician
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Aileen Shaw
Aileen Shaw or Nash (born 21 May 1945) is an Australian former figure skater. She won five Australian national titles, from 1958–59 to 1961–62 and 1963–64. At the age of 14 years and 9 months, she competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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(born 1945), Australian figure skater
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Aileen Stace (1895–1977), New Zealand craftswoman, spinner, and spinning teacher
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Aileen Stanley
Aileen Stanley, born Maude Elsie Aileen Muggeridge (March 21, 1893 – March 24, 1982), was one of the most popular American singers of the early 1920s.
Early life
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Stanley was the youngest of four children of English ...
(1893–1982), American singer
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Aileen Cole Stewart (1893–1997), African American U.S. Army nurse
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Aileen Tan
Aileen Tan (born 18 October 1966) is a Singaporean actress.
Life and career
She was educated at the now defunct Willow Secondary School.
Tan was often cast in leading roles in the first 15 years of her acting career, but has since played supp ...
(born 1966), Singaporean actress
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Aileen Thomas (1907–Unknown), Canadian fencer
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Aileen Ward
Aileen Ward (1 April 1919 – 31 May 2016), was an American professor of English literature who won both a National Book Award and a Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for her book " John Keats: The Making of a Poet".
Early life and education
Aileen Cou ...
(1919–2016), American professor
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Aileen Osborn Webb (1892–1979), American aristocrat and crafter
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Aileen Whelan (born 1991), English footballer
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Aileen Williams (1924–2015), Canadian activist
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Aileen Wilson (born 1984), British high jumper
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Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuo ...
(1956-2002), American serial killer, robber, and prostitute
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Aileen Yingst
R. Aileen Yingst is an American geologist and senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute as well as an Investigator on the Perseverance rover's SHERLOC instrument for NASA. She has contributed to many projects including Mars Science L ...
, American geologist and scientist
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