Evamarie or Aisling?

[27Harper]

Currently pregnant with baba number 2 and me and DH are are currently sifting through baby names. We have a 1 year old Leo, and we're only 5 weeks pregnant so still early days before we know the sex but if it's a boy we've settled on Sam, just need a girls name now! It's between Evamarie (one name) and Aisling, pronounced Ash-ling (DH is Irish). Really like both names but can't choose so some opinions could really help if possible. Brianne/Brianna isn't out of the mix either. Thank you xx

Thanks for the input so far everyone! DH really likes Aisling. Hubby also mentioned Siobhan (sha-vonne). And Dearbhla (Dervla). Goodness the Irish love their complicated spellings! xx

I quite like Dearbhla. I'm not mad about Siobhan tbh, but no particular reason for that.

Have you considered any of these?:

Saoirse (Seer-sha)
Sorcha (Sur-a-ka)
Roise (Row-sha)
Blathnaid (Blaw-nid)

Saoirse is a lovely name, but unfortunately someone ruined it for me since she is a complete and utter c word xx

You can say cunt the actual c word op! This is mumsnet after all . We swear freely here (thank fuck) .

Shame about Saoirse though! It is a lovely name.

Haha some people tell me off for swearing too much! I try to keep it to a minimum occasionally xx

I think Evamarie is nicer than Eva-Marie, but Aisling is such a beautiful name and I'd go for that

They have a similar feel. And she'd have equal problems with spelling/pronunciation ("no as one word" - "no it's ash-") so I wouldn't let that bother you

Aisling is nice, and Roise as suggested by a pp is lovely.
Don't do Evamarie. How about Mary? Would go well with Leo, is simple and underused.

She pronounces herb name as Ash-ling although can be pronounced aze-ling

It can bloody not!

Goodness the Irish love their complicated spellings!

They aren't complicated at all, they are just in IRISH.

Twas just a joke my dear x

Had a foster mum for 3 months as Mary due to a misunderstanding. She was an absolutely awful human being. Kinda ruins the name for me a tad xx

*carer sorry x

Eilidh is Scottish rather than Irish. Pretty name but not Irish.

Elildh Scottish? Well it's Gaelic , but ....
Gaelic definition, a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland

Like Eva

Don't like Aishling

Evamarie is dreadful..sorry

Eilidh isn't Irish, or at least, I've never heard of it in Ireland. It is really pretty though. I love Scottish names.

Agreed, it's Scottish. Eilis is Irish

Eva Marie, like Eva Marie Saint. Evamarie is a mess.

Aisling is fine. I prefer it to Eva Marie.

Siobhán is not Sha-vonne! It's more or less Shuv-AWN, and you need the fada on the 'a'. And Aisling is never Ayz-ling.

Ronaldo just called one of his twins Eva-Maria, if that would be a concern.

Gaelic definition, a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland

No its not the same language

I know that Eilidh is Scottish. I'm scottish and my husband is Irish that's why I though it was a nice combo xx

I though Siobhan was pronounce SHIVawn. Not Sigh O-ban, Shivonne etc.