could you pronoune this name?

[islandgirlabroad]

Aibhinn (A veen),its a irish name for beautiful and we both love the sound of it for dd on the way,but are abit worried that people wont have a notion how to say it.

I wouldn't have a clue, but I have no connection with Ireland whatsoever.

I'd have a rough idea how to pronounce it.

I'd know but I'm Irish. .

No, I wouldn't have a clue other than it begins with A and ends in N :) I would sy that, outside of Ireland, she would have to spell and pronounce it every single time.

Most people learn to cope with foreign spellings/pronunciations though.

I would have pronounced it Eye-vin or Ay-vin.

I'd have a good go... I think I would get the 'bh' being a 'v' but might end up with something like Ay vin or Eye vin. It looks pretty though

Having looked at it and thought abut what little I know about irish pronunciation, I would probably have guessed at Aye vinn.

No idea, I am foreign. If I had to guess, Ay-bean?

Yes, but DH is Irish & I've lived there.

prob would have said ay-bin !! but people soon get used to it although might be annoying when older to keep correcting but of course may have a nick name by then !!!

Still not sure I'd get it right, from the way you've typed the pronunciation - I'd say Ah-veen, is that what you meant? Or is it meant to be Ay-veen?

In the end, it's not really any different to a name like Siobhan, or Niamh, it's just a bit less usual outside of Ireland, maybe - but people around your DD will learn how to pronounce it. It's a beautiful name, btw, in sound as well as meaning.

No idea if you hadn't said, but don't let that put you off - if you like it, use it, it just means you'll have to explain the pronounciation more than if you chose something more obvious. I have a very very common first name but my kooky parents chose a slightly different way of spelling it so I always have to spell it, I also have to spell my surname because I can't actually pronounce it very well myself! It's mildly tedious but not a problem.

Yes I could but, I am Irish and living in Ireland. I don't get this fascination with Irish names, we don't even love them that much ourselves :)

No idea.

i'm irish so yes although i've never seen it spelt like that, i would have thought it's aoibhinn. i only know one person called that and she actually spells is aveen which would be much easier for non-irish people to recognise.

I'm Irish so I know it but not spelt like that! :)

A-bin?? Possible teasing, name calling at school if spelt/mispronounced like that. Swap the b for a v.

I wouldnt know but I would ask and then I would know end of issue really (I have an Aoife people ask once and we always get OH thats beautiful)

OP, unless this is some regional variant I've never come across, the Irish for 'lovely' or beautiful' which is also commonly used as a girl's name is 'Aoibheann', pronounced 'Even'. Usually anglicised as 'Eavan', like the poet Eavan Boland.

i would probably pronounce it wrong e.g aaabeen. But the meaning is lovely and after you had told people how to pronounce it they would know. Do you live in ireland??? Cause if you did i'm guessing people would know how to pronounce it.

Yes but i'm Irish, think i would spell it Aoibhinn myself though, its a lovely name :)

beautiful name and people would get used to it and how to say it (at least those that mattered, would)

if i ever had a girl (which i won't as no more kids for me!) then this would be a definite contender for me.

I would have guessed Eye-vin or Eye-veen.

I wouldn't know. I'd have to ask.

If just presented with the name written down I would not know how to pronounce it.
If told the name and asked to write it I would not have put the correct spelling.

However, if told how to pronounce it or explained how to spell it I would be fine, although learning to spell it may take me a few attempts I suspect.

I work in schools. I am used to having to learn how to say and write more unusual names.