Eileen is the anglicized Irish *Eibhlín* — a Gaelic form of Helen, from the Greek hēlē (sun, light). **A top-50 US baby name from 1916 to 1947**. **Eileen Gray (1878-1976)** — **Anglo-Irish architect and furniture designer; her E-1027 villa on the Côte d'Azur (1929) is considered among the most influential works of 20th-century Modernist architecture**, and her Bibendum chair, Adjustable Table, and Dragons armchair are MoMA staples. **In 2009 her *Dragons* armchair sold at auction for €21.9 million — at the time, the highest price ever paid for a 20th-century chair**. **Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing, 1920-1995)** — Chinese-American novelist; *Lust, Caution* (Ang Lee film 2007). **Eileen Brennan, Eileen Atkins, Eileen Heckart** — Tony and Emmy winners.
Subject of Peter Adam's *Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer* (1987).
Eileen reduces to six — the number of Irish light.