Is this name too “common” or too close to [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Ashlynn[/name], and other [name]Ash[/name] names?
I actually really love this name. I have a dear friend who lives in [name]Ireland[/name] (but is not natively Irish) who named one of his daughters this.
I don’t think it’s common here in [name]America[/name] but does sound similar to [name]Ashley[/name] and those other names. I just love it much more than those others!
I prefer [name]Ayla[/name] or [name]Ainsley[/name]. but Ainsling is definately not to close to any “[name]Ash[/name]” names.
Well, [name]Aisling[/name] is pronounced [name]Ashling[/name]… that’s why she was asking if it was close to the other [name]Ash[/name] names.
I think it’s a gorgeous name (most Irish girl names are, it seems!), but if I were going to use it here in [name]North[/name] [name]America[/name] I would anglicize the spelling to “[name]Ashling[/name]” to clarify the pronunciation. The default here would be to pronounce it “[name]Ace[/name]-ling.”
It’s my own name, therefore I’m going to let you know of my bias first.
I live in [name]Ireland[/name], so i’ve never any problems with pronunciation. It’s a very strong irish name, with the meaning dream and the meaning behind this meaning.
Unfortunantly, pronunciation could be a problem in [name]America[/name], if that’s where you are. I’m not inclined in the slightest to [name]Ashling[/name]. for me it just takes away the meaning and beautly. If you don’t mind it occasionally being pronounced [name]Ace[/name]-ling, i’d say go for it. You’ve my vote 
I’m American and would have butchered the pronunciation of this name. I don’t know where you’re located but here the name is by no means common, especially when seeing it written. Hearing it spoken it could be mistaken for a made up variation of [name]Ashley[/name] or [name]Asher[/name]. But if it being to common is what you’re wondering about I would say not at all.
I love the name [name]Aisling[/name]! And I confess I love the spelling “[name]Ashling[/name].”
I have a friend of a friend with this name. She is an American in her upper 20’s and pronounces it “aze-ling”. I have no idea if she realizes she pronounces her own name wrong and I cringe every time I hear it.
[name]Aisling[/name] is gorgeous, and so much lovelier than [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Ashlyn[/name], etc., even if they are pronounced the same.
I wouldn’t worry so much about how similar it is to other names as much as how much you would hate to have to hear it butchered, and whether it would annoy you to constantly have to correct the spelling and pronunciation of the name.
Actually, while the written name may be unfamiliar, the pronunciation shouldn’t be mistaken for a made-up name, given how popular the name [name]Ashlynn[/name], [name]Ashlin[/name], [name]Ashlen[/name] has been in the U.S. in the past several years.
I read somewhere than the Irish actually pronounce the “g” in [name]Aisling[/name], so it’s pronounced [name]Ash[/name]-ling and not [name]Ash[/name]-lyn. Is that true?
@carol yes, the name is pronounced with the G at the end. however, where i live in ireland, the accent doesn’t add a hard G at the end, rather a soft g therfore is someone called me [name]Ash[/name]-lyn or [name]Ash[/name]-linG i wouldn’t make a huge fuss over it.
Yeah I agree my daughter [name]Maya[/name] has been called [name]May[/name]-ah a few times pretty easy… I like [name]Ainsley[/name]…the Irish spelling will confuse most people
I love [name]Aisling[/name]! I do confess I thought [name]Aislinn[/name] and [name]Aisling[/name] were both technically supposed to be [name]ASH[/name]-leen, but they’re both lovely regardless. I have used [name]Aislinn[/name] (which is more like [name]Ashlyn[/name], right?) as a username online because I think it’s a lot more interesting than [name]Ashley[/name].
I do think pronunciations would be really annoying, though–I took a class with a live-[name]Aislinn[/name] (who lives in PA), and our teacher immediately pronounced it AYS-lin, but the pronunciation was quickly fixed and she didn’t mess it up the rest of the semester. I have heard her complain that her parents gave her a “stupid, complicated name”, but if my name was [name]Aislinn[/name], I’m not sure I would care. I love the name, and I would seriously consider it if I wasn’t an [name]Ashley[/name]!
Good luck!
I love the name. In a small part of [name]Ireland[/name] the name is pronounced [name]Ash[/name]-leen, but in all the areas I’ve lived in it’s [name]Ash[/name]-ling (soft g). If you were to visit it’d be pronounced with the g in all likelihood. I have friends named [name]Aisling[/name] and one named [name]Aislinn[/name], and that’s pronounced [name]Ash[/name]-lyn. I was nearly an [name]Aisling[/name], but my father vetoed it.