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Irish ladies pls how do you pronouce this girl's name?

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choolie · 24/01/2008 20:17

My cousin has just named her baby girl Labhaolse. Can anybody re-write this as you would say it, so I know how to pronounce this?

I apologise on behalf of my mum who does not like it just because she can't say it - I did swiftly tell her it's probably a very pretty name if only we could pronounce it and would love to ring her back and tell her how it sounds.

TIA!

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weeonion · 24/01/2008 20:28

aoife = ee-fa

dd is a caoimhe - that raises some eyebrows

skidoodle · 24/01/2008 20:28

Aoife is pronounced EEF- uh (stress on first syllable)

Whizzz · 24/01/2008 20:28

My Google tells me

AOIFE (pr. Ee-fah): This old Irish name is a variant on 'Eva'. There have been many Aoifes in Irish mythology and folklore, one of the most notable of which was the Aoife who married the legendary Irish warrior Strongbow at Waterford many centuries ago.

MrsEi25 · 24/01/2008 20:27

i find this with alot of irish origin names they are so difficult to spell/pronounce but when you know how they do sound so pretty
that sounds so unusual but i have no idea how to pronounce it looks as if it could be as tiredmama says a form of louise. lovely name if it is lee-sha though
xx ei xx

Whizzz · 24/01/2008 20:27

just thinking of the majority of the population that are going to call her Lab-Hose

skidoodle · 24/01/2008 20:26

Whizzz is right.

I've never come across that particular variation of that name before but that's how it would be pronounced all right.

BTW it's LAU to rhyme with COW rather than LAU to rhyme with THAW.

Beauregard · 24/01/2008 20:26

ooh do you mind if i hijack this thread and ask how to pronounce the name Aoife?

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choolie · 24/01/2008 20:25

GOOGLE!!! OMG I live my life by google why didn't I think of that?!! thanks ladies.

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tiredemma · 24/01/2008 20:24

and its an i not a L

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choolie · 24/01/2008 20:24

ahh, I did wonder about a form of Louise, that seemed like the nearest similarity. very pretty if so.

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Whizzz · 24/01/2008 20:23

Googled & got

Labhaoise - (LAU-ee-shuh) "holiness"; Louisa, Louise

tiredemma · 24/01/2008 20:21

I think its Lee-sha

A form of louise
I think