Is Aoife too Irish for England?

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Are people going to know what her name is/ every be able to spell it/ pronounce it? I really like it, and would love it. We have a middle name we think will go nicely too. We live in NW England. I have Irish heritage, and also generally love Irish names.

DS has a less common name, which I don't think is too difficult to spell, but we are always having to spell that/ explain it etc.

Go for it, OP! The more UK-based Aoifes there are, the more likely it is that people will grasp the pronunciation of the 'aoi' sound in Irish, and make the name we are considering for our unborn baby (Naoise) less likely to cause mass bafflement. I agree with Impress that people frequently get the most ordinary of names wrong, and I tend to feel that having to spell one's name isn't the worst thing that could happen. I'm Irish and living in the UK, with an Irish name that to the average UK person doesn't look the way it sounds, and I can't say it's caused any particular bother.

Didn't realise there had been more comments on here recently, thank :)

Think we are going to go for this now, thank you all for helping us decide!

I'm a receptionist, we have two Aoife's and it stumps most people. Myself included at first. It's a beautiful name though (and they are both Irish and i am in England)