i have heard a gorgeous girls name but have no idea how to spell it!

[detectiveonamission]

you say eh-lynn as in the start of eilidh but with lynn at the end (or like ellen but with a twist )

i have hunted through names websites but cant find it, the most obvious spelling i can think of is eilyn but that does not look pretty enough.

[Ledodgy]

Elin is a welsh name is that what you mean?

[Ledodgy]

In fact Elin is a scandanavian name (just looked it up) but there are lots in Wales.

[detectiveonamission]

i dont know, would you say that with the "eh" sound at the start?

[Ledodgy]

No it's a soft e so maybe not that.
Maybe it's ailin or something?

[Ledodgy]

saya ailin is a boys name here

[Ledodgy]

You say the el part of elin like you say the El in Ellen just to clarify.

[MrsMcCluskey]

is it Aisling?
Irish name?

[LaDiDaDi]

I've met a child with that name and I'm fairly sure it was spelt Elin. It was a charcter in a children's book that the mother of the one I knew had loved as a child.

[LaDiDaDi]

It was this book.

[shonaspurtle]

There's an Irish name Eilin but I think it's pronounced ee-lin.

[Mammina]

Elin is pronounced with the short 'eh' sound (rather than ay) in Welsh - don't know about the scandinavian way!

[MamaKaty]

I know someone who says her name like that - she spells it Aileen

[Gateau]

I think the Irish name Aisling is actually pronounced 'Aylish'.

[Macdog]

Eilean is from the same form as Eilidh

[ExpositionDesMains]

I know an Aisling, pronounced Ashleen!

[Macdog]

Aisling is pronounced Ash-leen as far as I know

[Gateau]

Oh yes, you're right.
Quite pretty.

[Thandeka]

Aisling is pronounced Ashling I think- well my friend by that name prnounced it like that.

[Hassled]

The thing is, if you have no idea how to spell it, nor will anyone else. She'll spend her entire life spelling her name to people - or having it mispronounced.

[Gateau]

I can identify with that, Hassled. I've had it all my life. And I have vowed not to have my children doing the same.

[oopsacoconut]

Ebhlin?

[Hassled]

Gateau - yes, I'm the same - have unspellable/unpronounceable Gaelic name. Looks quite pretty written down, but that's as far as it goes. And as a result my children have very ordinary names - I've worked on the basis that if it's in the Royal family tree somewhere, it's safe .

[detectiveonamission]

but i love it, will it really really matter if no-one call spell it/ say it

[Caz10]

Aisling is Ashling imo

And I know an Elin who is Eeee-Lynn

If you love it it doesn't matter! Some of these baby name websites have little audio files of how the names are pronounced, maybe you could track it down that way?

[Fimbo]

Elena is also pretty but I guess it would get mixed up with Eleanor.