Aoife in England?

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What do you think about using the name Aoife in England? Have you heard of it/ would you know how to pronounce it?

My partners family are Irish and we love the name, but I’m just worried it will be forever misspelt and mispronounced?

I think it's quite well known in England, and most people would probably know how to pronounce it, but some probably wouldn't, and even if people said it correctly, it would probably get misspelt on a regular basis!

It's a pretty name.

It's a lovely name , I know how its pronounced because I know someone with the name !

I was thinking about Niamh when I had DD but I knew it would get all sorts of spellings and pronounciations ( I could've gone with Neave though)

I'm English and it's one of the few Irish names that I could pronounce easily. I think that spelling could be an issue but I think that it sounds great.

Totally fine. I’ve come across quite a lot (in London) and I’ve never known a pronunciation issue.

nice name.

Is is eeeeefie or efffffie? My cousin has a daughter called Shiobhon. She lives in Singapore and no one knows how to pronounce it. "Shib-onn"

Don't make things difficult for your children in the future is all I am saying.

I’ve known an Aoife so would be fine with spelling and pronunciation. I don’t think it’s a particularly tricky name.

It's fairly common in Yorkshire, I know 4 under 10 :)

It’s Eeeef-uh.

I wouldn't get the spelling right. I have to think very hard about pronouncing it correctly, as my instinct is to panic. I'm dyslexic.

Similar concern here - DH family was Irish and we live in London where i think it is really recognisable. But my family is from Yorkshire and i just couldn't get over the concern that they wouldn't be able to pronounce it / spell it properly. So after 6 days of people asking what we were calling her, we went for Erin instead. But i do still love Aoife even though would never be anything other than Erin now ❤

No issue,taught loads over the years Eath-err

We come across quite a few in the medical centre I work at.

It's still fairly unusual, but popular on here.
It will get mispronounced and it will get misspelled a lot.
Do a search on here for 'Aiofe'.

Is it not Eeeeeffa? With the F sound not the TH sound.

So is it eeef-ah or eath-err or more like Eva?

Friend is called this, was born in the 80s. Know loads, really not an issue.

In my head it is Oy-Fee. I've never heard it pronounced.

eee-fuh

It might mispronounced but is that an issue? Once you've been told once then you know how it's pronounced.

It's EE-fah. The second syllable is the strong 'a' sound, as in 'cat'.

It is NOT EE-va, EE-fuh, Eath-err (wtf to this one, wrong in every way)

English people really struggle to say Aoife correctly, even when told how to say it. They go with 'uh' or 'er' at the end.

The only reason I, as an English woman can say it correctly is because I married into an Irish family and have lived in Ireland for many years.

Don't make things difficult for your children in the future is all I am saying.

where do people who think like this live? Is there zero diversity, I just don't understand it. I regularly come across names for the first time whether it's colleagues, dc school friends, etc Why would a child having a traditional Irish, African, Polish, insert whatever name make their future difficult? 😆

I know! Everytime I get a new colleague its like 50/50 if I'm going to have met one with their name before.

It’s pretty mainstream now. Definitely go for it if you like it!

DD has a friend called Aoife and it's lovely. She has Irish ancestry though

My children have very Irish names that aren't typically seen here in England, people learn them. Aoife isn't unusual really, I absolutely love it