What do you think of Aoise?

[humptynumpty]

Just come across Aoise, never seen it before. Apparently it is pronounced "ee-sha". Does anyone know is this actually an irish name? Can't seem to find it on the irish name websites.

[GoldenSnitch]

I've heard of Aoife (Eee-fa), that's definitely Irish - I wanted to use it for DD but DH vetoed it

Not heard of Aoise

[Turniphead1]

Hi Humpty. Think it is made up - but it's nice. If you want a similar "real" Irish name what about Aoife (eefa). I can also recommend Niamh and L.i.a.d.a.n. (The dots are so it doesn't come up on google - I am only person I know with a baby that name and am paranoid about RL people finding your MN name)

[suiledonne]

I'm Irish and living in Ireland. Have to admit I have never heard of Aoise. There is a name Naoise pronounced Neesha.

[suiledonne]

Also heard of Laoise - pronounced Leesha

[humptynumpty]

that's what i thought. I googled it and someone said it was swahili or something but they changed the spelling to make it sound irish?
But there is some bloke from sinn fein (sp) who has called his baby that saying it is irish??
Will continue to research...
If you saw Aoise would you think "made up" or ok?

[tattycoram]

I wouldn't know that it was made up, but I would think that unless you are in Ireland you would have an awful lot of people not knowing how to spell/pronounce it - not that that's necessarily a reason not to use it if you love it

[thehillsarealive]

lol leonie - i would think the same and spend the time trying out how to pronounce it!

[GoddessInTheKitchen]

i actually like it but i fail to understand how aoi pronounces eee lol

ignore the fact that people can't pronounce it, no one gets my dd's name right and she just corrects them, its no big deal in the grand scheme of things

[skidoodle]

I would probably think it was both made up and quite nice.

Naoise is a boy's name. Lovely.

Turniphead - I love the name Liadan but have an English DH I worry about the soft d being mispronounced. Have you had any issues with that?

[Turniphead1]

skidoodle we live in London - and of our three Irish named kids, Liadan is the most phonetic. The only options are whether it is "Lee-a-dan" or "Ly-a-dan", and I am not bothered in having to tell people how to pronounce (or I should have called her Anne!)

[humptynumpty]

turnip, how do you pronounce it?

goddess I agree with you. my dd has a friend called "Ela" which is actually pronounced eee-la. I would guess she will have to correct some people the first time, but not really a big deal

[skidoodle]

Yes, perhaps I am too fussy. Anyway dd2 only 3 weeks old so will be a while before I have to think of Irish girls' names again

[humptynumpty]

sorry turnip x-posts. That's lovely.

[SoupDragon]

As I grew up near Esher, it really wouldn't work here

[kate959]

Hi- my daughters name is Aoise. We are Irish however the name is not Irish, I chose to spell it that way. The way to pronounce it is E-SHA. Its similar to Aoife which is why I spelled it as Aoise. The real way to spell this name is Eshe and its Swahili meaning life. Some people do find it hard to pronounce it but not as many as I thought would. I love the name and loads of people comment on it, its nice to have a different name without been too out there.

[HengshanRoad]

Leonie and Thehill - it's Irish Gaelic, that's why it looks strange to you. I have to say, your attitudes are pretty ignorant.

[bagelmonkey]

I saw it and thought it would be pronounced eee-sha. Like Laiose without the L. I'm not Irish. It's hardly an impossible name if I'm right.

[HardCheese]

As Kate said, it's a non-Irish name spelled so it's phonetically correct in Irish, like the common names Naoise (NEE-sha), Aoife (EE-fa), Laoise (LEE-sha)etc. I think it's lovely, but if I were naming a baby 'Aoise' in Ireland, I would probably take into consideration that 'aois' in Irish means 'age', in case you didn't like the associations it would have for Irish speakers!

Turnip, the name Liadan is gorgeous, and on my potentials list for the baby I'm carrying. It's nice to think of other Liadans in London!

[ClaraDeLaNoche]

Turnip- Naimh and Liadan beautiful names . Only difficulty is when they are mixed with other hard to spell names eg Eoghann.

[Turniphead1]

Thanks Clara. Most English people don't struggle with the names at all. Only some Irish catholics with whom I went to school just can never get those damn spellings right ;-)

[HappyHugs]

I would be very surprised if it wasn't of Irish origin.

N. Ireland MLA and MP Michelle Gildernew called her little girl Aoise. Her two sons have Irish names and as a member of SF i'd be surprised if this wasn't also Irish.

[mathanxiety]

If I saw Aoise, I would think it was definitely made up. Because it is, no matter what the fella from SF said.
The Swahili explanation makes a lot of sense.
It is Irishy, as in 'truthy'.

Goddess -- English pronunciation rules do not apply to Irish names. 'Aoi' is 'ee' in Irish.

Leonie -- 'Neibh' would be pronounced 'Nev', not Neeve.

Liadán would be pronounced Lee-a-dawn (the D is pronounced as in French, not English). Maybe 'Lee-a dhawn' conveys it better...

[Aoiseliadin]

Hi I just want to add I have a baby daughter called Aoise (pro:ee sha) it is in fact AN IRISH name the Aoise of a village was the wise one, An taois is the male version of the wise one of a village!!!! Our government leader is called. An Taoiseach, which means The Leader... It is derived from the masculine and feminine for or Aoise.... I love the name, she is absolutely gorgeous, I also love the fact that Aoise is a girls name in slot of languages but ours was Irish version, we also have a daughter Liadin derived from Liadan means grey lady but the names comes from a beautiful woman who the famous Irish poet Cuiritheoir wrote about her beauty and his love for her..