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Aoife in England?

86 replies

Confusedaboutnames · 08/10/2022 19:23

What do you think about using the name Aoife in England? Have you heard of it/ would you know how to pronounce it?

My partners family are Irish and we love the name, but I’m just worried it will be forever misspelt and mispronounced?

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FlutterbButterfly · 08/10/2022 19:35

No issue,taught loads over the years Eath-err

AnotherNC22 · 08/10/2022 19:35

Similar concern here - DH family was Irish and we live in London where i think it is really recognisable. But my family is from Yorkshire and i just couldn't get over the concern that they wouldn't be able to pronounce it / spell it properly. So after 6 days of people asking what we were calling her, we went for Erin instead. But i do still love Aoife even though would never be anything other than Erin now ❤

StillNotWarm · 08/10/2022 19:34

I wouldn't get the spelling right. I have to think very hard about pronouncing it correctly, as my instinct is to panic. I'm dyslexic.

ThisShitsBananas · 08/10/2022 19:34

Tralalalalalalalalalala · 08/10/2022 19:31

Is is eeeeefie or efffffie? My cousin has a daughter called Shiobhon. She lives in Singapore and no one knows how to pronounce it. "Shib-onn"

Don't make things difficult for your children in the future is all I am saying.

It’s Eeeef-uh.

badbaduncle · 08/10/2022 19:33

It's fairly common in Yorkshire, I know 4 under 10 :)

Ikeameatballs · 08/10/2022 19:32

I’ve known an Aoife so would be fine with spelling and pronunciation. I don’t think it’s a particularly tricky name.

Tralalalalalalalalalala · 08/10/2022 19:31

Is is eeeeefie or efffffie? My cousin has a daughter called Shiobhon. She lives in Singapore and no one knows how to pronounce it. "Shib-onn"

Don't make things difficult for your children in the future is all I am saying.

Violettaa · 08/10/2022 19:30

Totally fine. I’ve come across quite a lot (in London) and I’ve never known a pronunciation issue.

nice name.

PeekAtYou · 08/10/2022 19:29

I'm English and it's one of the few Irish names that I could pronounce easily. I think that spelling could be an issue but I think that it sounds great.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/10/2022 19:26

It's a lovely name , I know how its pronounced because I know someone with the name !

I was thinking about Niamh when I had DD but I knew it would get all sorts of spellings and pronounciations ( I could've gone with Neave though)

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 08/10/2022 19:25

I think it's quite well known in England, and most people would probably know how to pronounce it, but some probably wouldn't, and even if people said it correctly, it would probably get misspelt on a regular basis!

It's a pretty name.