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How do you pronounce Eilidh ?

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micegg · 09/03/2008 19:41

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blueskyinmarch · 22/09/2016 20:26

I didn’t even notice it was a zombie thread!

wayway13 · 22/09/2016 20:26

I'm Scottish and that is DD's name. It is 100% Ay-ley as in Hayley but no "H" or Ceilidh but no "C". We live in England. Most people haven't heard of it but they get used to it.

JohnLapsleyParlabane · 22/09/2016 20:24

Some of the suggested pronunciations are hilarious!

blueskyinmarch · 22/09/2016 20:23

And ceilidh would be pronounced Kay-lay not Kay-lee.

blueskyinmarch · 22/09/2016 20:21

I am Scottish and would pronounce it Ay-lay not Ay-lee.

FrancisCrawford · 22/09/2016 20:19

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UnicornPee · 22/09/2016 19:36

My best friend is Called Eilidh.
It's Hayley without the H
Although she gets eye-lid, Elijah, eeleedee, eeeeliduh.
Lol

MrsJayy · 21/09/2016 17:07

Oh not even a zombie warning mumsnet are slipping will hide thread now Blush

FranklyMeDeer · 21/09/2016 17:04

Oddest zombie thread revival ever Confused

chinlo · 21/09/2016 16:58

Eyelid.

MrsJayy · 21/09/2016 16:55

Oh sorry i would prononce it A lay

passingthrough1 · 21/09/2016 16:50

And I'm in England and I've never had an issue with the pronunciation.

MrsJayy · 21/09/2016 16:42

I wanted Eilidh twice Dh vetoed it he said he wouldnt be able to spell it really lovely name.

passingthrough1 · 21/09/2016 16:37

This is one of my favourite girls names, I think it's just beautiful.

Groovee · 21/09/2016 15:00

Hayley without the H.
Very few issues with pronunciation up here in Scotland.

squoosh · 21/09/2016 14:52

Ceilidh is pronounced A(hard A) lish

You revived a zombie thread to post that?

Ceilidh is pronounced kay-lee
Eilidh is pronounce ay-lee

No idea where you got the 'ish' sound from, but it's wrong.

Hawdyerweesht · 21/09/2016 12:49

Ceilidh is pronounced A(hard A) lish

darleneconnor · 24/01/2011 12:01

I'm Scottish but I pronounce it more like A-lay than A-lee.

CalaLilly · 24/01/2011 11:50

I love this name but as we live south of the border we're going with a more easy to pronounce Scottish name with a similar sound- Ailsa. I'll probably shorten it to Ailey at times.

JennyPiccolo · 24/01/2011 11:32

I know, people are eejits, my name is gaelic and people say stuff like 'are you sure?' when i tell them how to spell it.

But if we never persevere, people will never learn. Also i'm clearly not that traumatised by it cos my daughter has a gaelic name too.

expatinscotland · 24/01/2011 11:27

'and i wouldn't go changing a traditional name to make it easier to spell.'

The only reason I changed the spelling a bit was because it was pointed out to me, quite correctly, that people in N. America, where I'm from and where my children hold nationality as well as with Britain so may chose to live there, will say 'eye-lid' first.

JennyPiccolo · 24/01/2011 11:24

I think it's a lovely name, and i wouldn't go changing a traditional name to make it easier to spell.

fifi25 · 20/01/2011 16:10

My 9yr olds called Niamh pronounced Neeve. I loved the name but after 9 year of her constantly being called Ni-am, Nee-am it gets irritating. She has to constantly tell people what her name is and it cant be nice for her. I would think carefully about picking an Irish name. My daughter often says she hates her name fuelled by a teacher who everyday calls her Nee-am and the kids laugh. My younger daughters are Romilly and Connie, nice and easy to pronounce

BarcodeZebra · 10/03/2008 22:19

I wanted Eimhir (Eva) for my wee DD2 but was shouted down by DW because of the constant having to spell it malarky. My surname always has to be spelt out so she's have spent about a third of her entire life going, "E-I-M-H-I-R" before taking a deep breath and starting on the rest.

Eilidh's a lovely name though.

yelnats · 09/03/2008 22:41

Pronounce Hayley without the H