How do you pronounce Eilidh ?

[micegg]

please

I know, people are eejits, my name is gaelic and people say stuff like 'are you sure?' when i tell them how to spell it.

But if we never persevere, people will never learn. Also i'm clearly not that traumatised by it cos my daughter has a gaelic name too.

I love this name but as we live south of the border we're going with a more easy to pronounce Scottish name with a similar sound- Ailsa. I'll probably shorten it to Ailey at times.

I'm Scottish but I pronounce it more like A-lay than A-lee.

Ceilidh is pronounced A(hard A) lish

Ceilidh is pronounced A(hard A) lish

You revived a zombie thread to post that?

Ceilidh is pronounced kay-lee
Eilidh is pronounce ay-lee

No idea where you got the 'ish' sound from, but it's wrong.

Hayley without the H.
Very few issues with pronunciation up here in Scotland.

This is one of my favourite girls names, I think it's just beautiful.

I wanted Eilidh twice Dh vetoed it he said he wouldnt be able to spell it really lovely name.

And I'm in England and I've never had an issue with the pronunciation.

Oh sorry i would prononce it A lay

Eyelid.

Oddest zombie thread revival ever

Oh not even a zombie warning mumsnet are slipping will hide thread now

My best friend is Called Eilidh.
It's Hayley without the H
Although she gets eye-lid, Elijah, eeleedee, eeeeliduh.
Lol

I am Scottish and would pronounce it Ay-lay not Ay-lee.

And ceilidh would be pronounced Kay-lay not Kay-lee.

Some of the suggested pronunciations are hilarious!

I'm Scottish and that is DD's name. It is 100% Ay-ley as in Hayley but no "H" or Ceilidh but no "C". We live in England. Most people haven't heard of it but they get used to it.

I didn’t even notice it was a zombie thread!