How is this Irish name pronounced please... and do you like it?

[therewasalittlegirl]

Aisling...?

Is it Ash- ling or Ash - lin or something else? And how popular is it??

Thank you!

Yes I think it's her best ever!

It's a good name, but for God's sake don't re-spell it "Ashling" just to pander to the English who can't spell. You migt as well call the kid "Bob" in my eyes! If you've got no Irish in you be prepared for people to ask why pretty much every time though.

Lots of people wrong here - sorry! [Ephiny], you've got it. It's pronounced ASH-LEEN.

Ephiny you've got it!

Well, I'm as Irish as Maeve Binchy and my cousin is Ais-ling! "Ling" on its own in Irish would be pronounced as it's spelt and if it were "leen" it would be spelt
"lian" or "laoin" or "líon", not "ling"

If lots of people disagree with you, myweeangel, it's time to consider whether it is in fact YOU who is wrong, surely?

Aisling = Ash ling where I live.

maybe myweeangel is from the north and that's how it's pronounced there.
My sister's name is AislinG and my cousin's name is AisLINN and they are two different names.

NadiaWadia I remember reading that too, except I was thinking " eh, no, it isn't"

Well it seems to be a case of different regional pronounciations within Ireland then?

Ash-leen in my experience

and lovely

and lol at emsyj, very drily put

If you are Irish, do you automatically know how to pronounce all Irish names, or do you struggle too?

personally no not often as we learned Irish from primary school so even if it's a name we haven't known before we can work it out. Then again this thread suggests otherwise..

There are regional differences too.
For example the name Róisín. In the south, we say Roe-sheen, up North they say Rosh-een.
Also, IMO, Irish is taught very badly. I started to learn Irish at age 4 and German at age 12. Yet I speak much better German than I do Irish. Which is not saying much as my German is not wonderful either!

Chipmonkey, you are up north to me.... How is the wean? (I follow Maeve Binchy rules in all matters).

She is doing great, stleger! Gaining weight, she is a whole 3lb now, and has been moved from NICU to SCBU. Doctors are very happy with her, she just needs to grow a bit more!

Aww - gaining weight and 3lbs...hope she keeps on getting bigger and bolder and you get her home soon. My neighbour's granddaughter (Aibhe if anyone wants an 'A' name...) was born very early and is now a seven year old Little Miss Bossy

I always like to hear stories of premature babies that did well!
Mind you, Jedward were 3 months premature so maybe I should just bulletproof the house now......

I have a jedicated Jedfan here, and have learned to love the twins.

Oh, I love them too, just don't know if I could actually share a home with them!

Have some Jed-love. Peace out :o :o :o

They are doing Jed replies on Twitter this evening, and managed to spell John wrong

lol.

Aw, bless them!

Oh lordy. When will people realise that there are distinct dialects and pronounciations in Irish? And that there is no ultimate right way to pronouce a name?
Aisling is pronounced with a g sound in Leinster Irish and with an n sound in Ulster and Munster Irish.

So they are both right. But the g sound is more common.