Eneas

Eneas

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Aeneas.
   • 2008, Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 33:

     The three brothers, Jack, Tom, and Eneas. Oh, yes. In the west of Ireland by the way Eneas is three syllables, En-ee-as. In Cork I fear it is two, and sounds more like a person's backside than anything else.

• Nease, easen