Ailish or Eilish

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We are team green and have decided our girl name is pronounced "Ay-lish" but unsure on which spelling to go for. I think I prefer the look of Eilish but worry she'll constantly be correcting the pronunciation because of Billie Eilish - my husband doesn't think this will be an issue. We live in England so it's not a common name here. Any thoughts?

I’d pronounce Eilish eye-lish, so I’d go for Ailish.

Eilish/ Eilis is pronounced eye-lish

You want Ailish.

There is the Scottish name Eilidh that you might like. It’s pronounced A-lee

The Billie Eilish thing will definitely have people saying it wrong.
I have a cousin Eilish, born and raised in England, she pronounces it Ee-lish, southern Ireland family, Aylish, Scottish & NI family Ill-lish.

Over the last few years any new English people who have seen it written down before speaking have called her Eye-lish

The only Eilish I know pronounces it Eye-lish, so in your shoes OP I'd go with Ailish.

Ailish, due to the Billie Eilish thing.

But I do know what you mean about the E spelling, OP. I prefer it too.

To me these are two different names
Ailish - Ay lish ( at rhymes with hay)

Eilish - Eye lish

I’m in Ireland, I’ve heard of both.

This

But I would actually go for this - it’s nicer

Agree

I do really like this but again worry about always having to explain the pronunciation. Not sure if I'm just overthinking and actually it wouldn't be a big deal.

I love the name but wondering would other kids call her 'eyelash'. Just a thought

You may be correct. All the Eilidhs I know pronounce it A-Lay not A-Lee.

Yeah...maybe also more avoidable if we went with the Ailish spelling?

The Manx (isle of man) spellings are Aalish and Ealish if you want the same pronunciation but a different spelling.
It's a beautiful name. One of my DDs has this name but won't out her with letting on the spelling we chose.

Isn't Eilish McColgan pronounced Aylish?

Eilidh is a great name, you would only need to tell people how to pronounce it once I'd think. I know a good few but I'm in Scotland! 😂

Yes, same here.

Yes she is, my husband suggested the name initially - he's a keen runner and that's where he first heard the name.

But people will definitely think you are Billy fans. Sorry.

How about Aislinn?

Ailish or Aelish I would choose, though people will only need to be corrected once.
I prefer Aelish.

I have an Ailish, named her when we lived in the UK but now we are home I do wish we went with Éilís. Ailish was definitely easier in the UK and despite being an Irish speaker she isn't bothered by the anglicised spelling.