Saturday's Una had a baby girl called..... Aoife!!

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Una from band the Saturdays had a little girl called Aoife Belle!! Well done Una on having a normal name in showbiz. Aoife is a very common name over here in Ireland pronounced eee-ffaa. Una is also a very proud Irish woman-congrats to her & her fiance. Aoife is blessed with beautiful genes!

Aw, I love Aoife, but DH vetoed it.

Lovely news, lovely name only vaguely aware who the Saturdays are.

Aoife was my first choice had we had a girl - but all boys here! Love the name & congrats Una. Who's the dad?

I wanted Aoife but couldn't use it. Lovely name.

Rugby player Ben Fodden who is absolutely scrumtious(pardon the pun!!!!)

Haha

I love Aoife. DH would never have allowed me to have an Irish name being a proud Scotsman, but I think it is beautiful.

How do you say that name ?? I've been trying to work it out all night ??

Ee-fa

Ee fa ???

Eee-fa. But the F is quite soft. It can even almost sound like 'Eva' if you aren't listening properly, particularly in some accents.

Ahhhh pretty !!

Oh dear, she'll have a life of constantly having to spell her name.

I think it is lovely. No trouble spelling it here. (Not Irish in case you were wondering!)

Oh what!!! Great, one of my only bloody baby names and its now a celebrity baby name!

Aoife is a ridiculously common name in Ireland, and not one you would ever have to spell. I know 3 Aoifes. It's a lovely name :)

Whenskies - I think Aoife is the kind of name that doesn't suffer for being associated with a celebrity, like Sarah or Kate, it's sort of classic, I would go for it if I were you. I would love to name a girl of mine Aoife but I have a cousin by that name so it's out :(

Yes, I like Aoife too, and I'm not even Irish! A nice real name amidst all the Blues, Sevens and what have you....

I hope so Cailin, I'd hate for people to think we had picked it because of a Saturday! Birth announcements may need to be issued with a disclaimer

If you were in Ireland no one would think twice about it. It might raise a few more eyebrows in Britain as it would be considered an unusual name, but at least more people would know how to pronounce it!

There are loads of Aoifes, even in England. It's definitely not going to be celeb associated.
But they seem like nice slebs anyway.

Calling an Irish baby girl Aoife is making as much of a statement as calling an English baby girl Kate.

This isn't a criticism by any means, it's quite refreshing for a sleb baby to be given an ordinary name.

When I was in primary school in the eighties I seem to remember 4 Aoife's in my class of about 30.