How would you pronounce this?

[BeingATwatItsABingThing]

Aoife

I love it. When I was expecting DD, it was one of my two favourite names but we didn't go for it because I was worried DD would have a life of "How do you pronounce/spell that?"

[BeingATwatItsABingThing]

I have no idea Gruffalo but it does.

[LyndaLaHughes]

Exit I'm not bloody psychic- I haven't seen the episode and you didn't use quotation marks so how on earth am I supposed to know that? I thought you were taking the piss and believe me it wouldn't be the first time (with an Irish name) so it touched a nerve.
I'm not a humourless twunt by the way but thanks for the unnecessary and uncalled for insult. The explanation would have sufficed.

[ExitPursuedBySpartacus]

Le big fucking sigh.

[ExitPursuedBySpartacus]

If I say it it's wrong.

If a screenwriter says it it's funny.

[MitzyLefrouf]

I have an Aoife. And french passport man once called her 'Waf

I hope it was accompanied by a Gallic shrug and a 'bof'.

'Waf.............bof'

[LyndaLaHughes]

Oh for god's sake. I hadn't seen the episode so I had no idea what the context was. Out of context that one statement put there not identifiable to me as a quote annoyed me. I've watched it now. The original sketch is actually quite funny when it's all in context as it's clearly lighthearted but then the words you quoted aren't actually what was said in the sketch I've just seen anyway.

[DustyCropHopper]

I would pronounce it Ee-fa but I have seen/heard it before. Infact from a very young age I always wanted a little girl called Aoife. Then I married dh who is severely dyslexic so had to go for far simpler spelt names!

[DoYouRememberJustinBobby]

Ee-fAh
Not like my lovely English friends who have a daughter with this name but pronounce it Eeee-fuurrr. As an Irish person, it drives me up the wall.
They also have a Tadhg (they say TUH-Ghr) and can't pronounce that for love nor money, which begs the question - why pick a name you have no idea how to say?

[llangennith]

Niamh baffled me for years. Quite a surprise when I found out it was pronounced Neeve.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

She was one if the Marias, not Dorothies actually - even longer ago!

I'd know it too, I think it's relatively usual.

Is that the same Vicar of Dibley sketch with "missing u always"?

[BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington]

I used to love those Lloyd Webber programmes, where the ditched girl of the week would have to wave goodbye whilst (bawling her eyes out) singing a song and being hoisted away on a perilous swing

[ExitPursuedBySpartacus]

How is Tadhg pronounced?

and there's a name that shows an aversion to vowels if ever I saw one

[Bertucci]

I vaguely know a Tadhg - it's Tyge.

[TeachingPostQuery]

Gruffalo - because "aoi" in Irish and "ee" in English make the same sound.

[Lutrine]

I only know how to pronounce it because I taught a lovely child called Aoife. She must have been well used to it,as she saw me hesitate slightly before my first reading of her class register and said "it's Ee-fa Miss!"

[MaisyPops]

Ee-fa. But I've also had pupils who've pronounces it ee-feee which took some getting used to.
(A bit like one who pronounced Megan as meee-gan)

[YouMeanYouForgotCranberriesToo]

I've heard AyOiffEe before. that's what I think when i see it written. But dd2 has a hard to spell/pronounce name and I feel a bit sorry for her as she wil always have to xorrect oeople, but I love it! You could call your baby anything and someone would manage to get it wrong at some point.

[BeingATwatItsABingThing]

People spell DD1's name wrong all the time. It's 4 letters and spelt how it sounds but still!

People spell my name in all sorts of weird and wacky ways. I have a bog standard, run of the mill, plain name but still spelt wrong.

[vegmum21]

I'm not familiar with the name and wouldn't have known how to spell or pronounce it until now. I don't think I've heard it before.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

I loved the ALW programmes too. There's a similar thing with Gary Barlow starting at some point, but I'm not sure it will be as good.

Thinking about it, the ALW shows had a Niamh and a Siobhan as well as an Aoife - sterling work in getting Irish names more heard in England

[ohmygodyouguys]

I have a niece called Aoife. I really like the name Saoirse and it will be on my list if I have a girl one day.

[DoinItFine]

Aoife is easy for English people to say, so it really only takes one explanation if people aren't familiar with it.

And many are.

[steppemum]

I know it because there is a girl in dds class called Aoife.

just as years ago, Siobhan was popular and we all knew how to write and spell it. Names do become familiar over time.

[Enidblyton1]

Lovely name. I can pronounce it correctly, but would have to check the spelling before writing it down.
But as soon as you know someone with that name, it never takes long to learn the spelling. Some people will probably spell it wrong, but that can happen with many names.

[harderandharder2breathe]

I have a family member called Aoife (Irish family) so would know

I thInk people might need telling but not over and over again

I love the name btw