Aoibhinn

[suzettenoisette]

How is Aoibhinn pronounced correctly?

I think it looks very pretty.

We are not considering it as DD will be Eva Marie, just curious.

The one I know goes by Yvonne even though that's not technically the right way to say it. It's her name she can do what she wants with it.

I would pronounce them sore-sha and keeva (but I have also heard sersha and keevay)

My niece is Aoibhinn and pronounces it 'ay-veen'. I'm in Ireland and have only heard it pronounced 'at-veen'. But then there's an Aoibh in my daughters class at school at that's pronounced eve.

Yes, I agree. I know a few Aoibheens and they all say 'ay-veen.' I think it's a gorgeous, feminine name.

Would have helped if I'd spelt it correctly- sorry! Aoibhinn!

Aoi is an ee sound. Always. Never an ay sound.

ay-veen me hole.

No offense to any ay-veens.

I always comment on these threads, seems like there’s one every couple
of months.

Just because someone you know, whether it’s a leprechaun or your cousin or someone in your Irish class, pronounces it “Ayveen” doesn’t make it right. All those people are wrong.

Irish has some rules that don’t vary by dialect or whereabouts in Ireland you’re from. There is nowhere in Ireland where the letters “Aoi” make the sound “ay”. Aoibh and Aoife never seem to pose any problems and are always pronounced Eve and Eefa so why on earth would Aoibheann or Aoibhinn have an “ay” sound?

Sadly the eejits (or perhaps I should say AYjits) have taken over to the point where it’s almost become a new name in its own right. People should just anglicise the spelling and have done with it.

Saoirse = seersha (because aoi= Ee). Saoirse Ronan has caused a world of confusion telling people it’s Sersha but I think that’s an accent thing.

Caoimhe = qweeva or keeva depending on whether you’re from the north or south or Ireland. Notice that in this name aoi also = ee regardless of dialect.

Proud Auntie to Aoibhinn (ay veen). It technically should be (ee veen) if you go with the aoi sound as Gaelige. My sis chose to use Ay veen sound. It's a beautiful name for a beautiful niece.

To the people saying "aoi" is always pronounced "ee" as Gaeilge (which I would agree with 99.99% of the time), how do you pronounce the number 9 in Irish - "naoi"? I've only ever heard it as "nay", never "nee" (Munster Irish). Just pondering!

Anyway, lovely name, but the potential for different pronunciations puts me off slightly.

never heard uimhir a naoi pronounced any other way but nee.

Aveen or Eveen

Connacht Irish and pronounce it nee.

We’ve two ay’veens in the school and one ee-veen so is up to you really!!!

Ps are in the midlands in Ireland

Oh and we say nee for naoi but I learned nay growing up!

Anyone I know in Ireland with the name pronounces it Ay-veen

Some people are dicks about pronunciation. Surely it's pronounced whatever way the parents chose to say it when they gave the child that name.

Aveen says it's Aobh Bhinn in Irish.

It’s not being a dick about pronunciation to be clear about which way is correct, and which way is a widespread mistake. Yes it’s parental choice but it should be informed.

In this case the OP isn’t planning on naming her child this so it’s not really an issue but if she were it’s pretty important.

If someone posted asking how to pronounce the name “Jean” and a load of responses said “oh yeah it’s definitely pronounced “Jane” because I know someone with that name and it’s the parents choice” it wouldn’t be unreasonable to correct it.

@harrietm87 i think comments like "well they've been pronouncing their name wrong" are dick comments!

It might not be nice but it’s true though isn’t it?

I’m in London and there are a lot of “unique” spellings and pronunciations of Irish names and it makes me cringe. I know a Niabh and quite a few Saoirses with pronunciations ranging from Sasha to Sosha to Sorsha. They can say it’s their name and their choice but they are still
wrong.

I have no doubt there’s an Aoibhinn out there who pronounces it that way but it's incorrect, even allowing for regional accent variations.

There are many, many Aoibhinn's who pronounce it this way!

I'm in Dublin & know at least 3 personally, and there there's several in the public eye (with slightly differed spellings / use of fadas at the end).

I know a Saoirse who pronounces her name Sorsha

Also not 'wrong' 🙄

It's not how I'd pronounce Saoirse but I have heard it.

Similarly 'Caoimhe' in Dublin is often 'Keeva' which I hate, as I'd always pronounce with a soft C eg 'qui' but it's absolutely standard here.

I prefer it to Eva Marie

Munster Irish speaker and we say 'nay'