Ayveen or Aiveen? - Irish name

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I met a girl named Aiveen or Ayveen yesterday. She's Irish and said it was an Irish name. It sounded like ay-veen.

I'm probably not spelling it right, sorry about that. I didn't ask about the spelling.

Does anyone know how it's spelt correctly? Is it popular in Ireland?

Do you like it and which spelling would you pick?

Thanks.

Ay - veen is quite popular but that’s not how is spelt

aiobheen

Yes Aoibhinn or Aoibheann. It is actually Eveen but it gets pronounced as aveen a lot.

This is how it is spelt

Aoibhín
it’s very pretty

And yes it is popular.

So there are two pronunciations? Is there one that is more historically correct? Just curious.

I quite like ay-veen.

If you want a specific pronunciation you will need to spell it that way, otherwise how on earth will people know?

I would say Aoibh is Eve sound... is it Ayv sound in other dialects? Aoibhín is beautiful tho, Eve-een. I know an Aiveen, in a family if Irish names but at the time her parents thought the anglicised spelling was easier.

I would say Aoibh is Eve sound... is it Ayv sound in other dialects? Aoibhín is beautiful tho, Eve-een. I know an Aiveen, in a family if Irish names but at the time her parents thought the anglicised spelling was easier.

Lovely lovely name.

I've seen a few diff spellings. I think whether you want the fada is a factor
I prefer it but its sometimes hard to type and fadas are not really recognised by brits in general which is a bit annoying. Despite that...

Aoibhín imy100% my fave spelling followed by Aoibheann.

The "Aoi" is def an e sound like "Aoife"
I actually think Eveen sounds nicer than aveen.

I’ve got a friend with this name. It’s Aoibheann, pronounced Ayveen

There really isn’t two pronunciations of Aoibh it is Eve but the bar definitely has two pronunciations. Where I come from Aoibhinn is almost always pronounced A as in abc Aveen.

The name not the bar

<weeps>

Aoibheann is Even, Aoibhínn is eeveen, but both are frequently mispronounced (particularly in NI) as ayveen.

Yep, have same pronunciation here (Munster) but also yes people say Ay!

The correct pronunciation is approximately 'Eevan'.

That AOI combination should always be pronounced EE (the long E sound), as in Taoiseach.

However, in some Irish accents, a long E sound in English is pronounced as a long A sound, and this happens in Irish too. I have cousins in a particular part of the SE with similar names - think Caoilfhionn pronounced Kay-lin. It makes my teeth itch. However they also pronounce English words like beagle with a long A sound.

Isn't the Caoil error probably because of the caol root, at least? Maybe not. I've only heard it as Key-lin anyway. Gorgeous name and beautiful spelling.

Yes, echoing what Jennifer says - the problem with the name/spelling is that it is mispronounced even by Irish people in Ireland so it isn't 'ay' at all..

Very popular here and I thought it was a dialect thing as pronounced differently in say Dublin compared to Offaly.

I have an Aoibheann in my class and she likes it pronounced Ayveen. East of Ireland that's how it tends to be pronounced.

I'd have to grit my teeth with that one! 😆

I've put fadas on Seáns in reports, tho they don't have a fada. I know I probably shouldn't but....!

I like to point out to my FIL that when he leaves it off his name means old

Exactly! 😆 I can't in good faith leave it out!

Are you considering it, OP?

I really wouldn’t, not when Irish people can’t even get it right. It is a beautiful name, and it is indeed very popular here.

A little off topic, but for anyone who’s fluent, am I incorrectly pronouncing uimhir a naoi (number 9) as nay? Should it be nee? 🤔

I always said nee Duchess, but I'm far from a native speaker.

Yes @JenniferBarkley I think it should be nee!