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 could hazard a guess - and not far off, but I do work with children so come across a wide variety of names.

Another Irish here and have never seen it spelled like that either. I too would have said Aoibhinn. I have dd Aoibh which is beautiful too:) but i am biased!

I wouldn't have had a clue (not Irish)

Also, the name Aveen is a name, but it's a boys name. I think of Indian origin, at least the 3 Aveens I know are all Indian boys.

I'm scottish and have no clue about how to spell it. I'd be v wary.

Oops - or pronounce it, even!

I have never seen it spelt like that . I know an Aiveen and an Aoibhinn.

Thanks for all the feedback,still really like it but will spell it Aoibhinn from now.

That would not help me one little bit

Anywhere outside of Ireland you are going to have a problem with the spelling and pronunciation. If you are not living in Ireland - do you really want to inflict that on her?

I am Irish and think it's lovely, it's my niece's middle name. Have never lived in the UK but have gone on lots of courses in the UK. An Irish colleague with a similar-ish name to Aoibhinn has generally had people ask once how to pronounce it and after that they remember.

I've heard it. Pronounced, it's a beautiful name, but I didn't realise that was it. It's really pretty and feminine.,

Lovely name. Its my friends daughters name she spells it Aoibheann. I think with a name like that you just go for it. All our children have Gaelic names and its never been a problem. One has a name no one can spell but with half a brain cell you soon learn.

Previous posters are right... The correct spelling is either Aoibhínn or Aoibheann and it means delightful/pleasant/beautiful. Aoibhínn is pronounced 'ee-veen' and Aoibheann is pronounced 'even'. Aoibheann is sometimes loosely translated as Yvonne. Aoibhínn was the only Irish name I could get my English DH to agree to... he loves it but we are unlikely to use it as a first name for our expected DD because of the spelling issue, will possibly use it as a middle name instead

Yep, pronounced "even". Aoibhín would be eve-een, which is closer to what you want. Aoi is ALWAYS the "ee"-type sound, regardless of how many people mispronounce Aoibheann :)