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Baby is due in a few weeks time and we're still not 100% on a name!

Currently in love with the name Eilidh but husband has concerns over the spelling. We don't live in Scotland but have Scottish heritage and a Scottish sounding surname.

Do you think we can get away with Eilidh? Have considered alternative spellings but it seems a little tacky to change the spelling?

Much better to spell it the right way. Even if you tried to simplify it she could still be Aylie, Ayley, Aillie, Eily, Eilie etc so she’d still have to spell it out. I’m Irish so know how to pronounce it correctly anyway, but think it’s becoming more popular (like Niamh, Aoife) so should be less and less of a problem.

Eilidh is a beautiful name, there was an Eilidh in my P7 class when I went to school in Scotland (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth). I've always loved it and would have used it if I'd had a daughter... People cope with (for example) Siobhan and Niamh, why should Eilidh be any different?

I’ve never seen it before and didn’t know how it would be said. I thought it would be like Elodie (like Melodie without the M.). Now I know how it’s said I really like it.
I’m in the south of England (but am Welsh)

I have an Eilidh, this is the correct spelling; Gaelic for Helen.
Pronounced aa-lay
We do have a Scottish surname, so goes very well.

Please do not use an alternative spelling, it's awful, I cringe when I hear them.

Keep the spelling.

I know how to pronounce it because of the runner, I'm sure many others do too.

Another vote for keeping the spelling.

Yet another vote for keep the spelling!

I'd find it weird spelled any way but Eilidh or Ailidh (it'd become a totally different name to me for some reason), but then I'm Scottish. It's a lovely name, stick with the proper spelling I say!

@redwood how do you get vileda? where is the 'v' in eilidh?

Keep the spelling OP, gorgeous name x

I wouldn't know how to spell that at all! But you if you like the name and spelling and you introduce your daughter as if it is meant to be, people will get the hang of it and it will come naturally!

I’ve never seen it before and didn’t know how it would be said. I thought it would be like Elodie (like Melodie without the M.). Now I know how it’s said I really like it.
I’m in the south of England (but am Welsh)

how do you get vileda? where is the 'v' in eilidh?

I assume she mean vileda without the v. So, 'eyeleeda' or something. Which kind of makes sense from an English phonics point of view.

I know a Scottish woman called Ailie.