# Aislinn -- pronunciation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Girl Names\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131 "2012-05-06T14:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dantea](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/dantea/32/1093_2.png) [@Dantea](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/Dantea)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/1 "2012-05-06T14:17:35Z")
I know that the Irish named [name]Aisling[/name] and [name]Aislin[/name] are pronounced [name]Ashling[/name]/[name]Ashlin[/name] and [name]Ashlin[/name], at least I thought I did until I watched the movie Dragonheart today. It’s been forever since I’ve seen it and throughout the whole movie, [name]Shaun[/name] [name]Connery[/name] as the dragon was calling the queen ace-lin and I kept wondering about it. I looked it up and in the credits, the queen is listed as [name]Queen[/name] [name]Aislinn[/name]… and [name]Shaun[/name] [name]Connery[/name] was saying it as ace-lin… I thought the AIS was suppose to be said [name]Ash[/name]…am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![jame1881](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/jame1881/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@jame1881](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/jame1881)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/2 "2012-05-06T14:29:43Z")
That’s what I thought the pronounciation was…perhaps they need a Gaelic expert on set 🙂 Or her name was meant to be Anglicized for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![strawberry\_shortcake](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/strawberry_shortcake/32/1732_2.png) [@strawberry\_shortcake](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/strawberry_shortcake)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/3 "2012-05-06T14:40:57Z")
[name]Aislinn[/name] is definitely [name]Ash[/name]-lynn, I have a niece named this. The Anglicized version would be [name]Ashling[/name], so I’m not too sure where they got [name]Ace[/name]-lynn from! ---
**Author:** ![Dantea](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/dantea/32/1093_2.png) [@Dantea](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/Dantea)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/4 "2012-05-06T14:42:41Z")
I don’t know either as I would figure [name]Shaun[/name] [name]Connery[/name] would know what he was talking about. Sigh, so there’s a mispronunciation. That makes me sad. I hate it when it’s mispronounced as ace-lin but I think [name]Ashling[/name] and Ashlinn are lovely. ---
**Author:** ![stripedsocks](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/stripedsocks/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@stripedsocks](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/stripedsocks)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/5 "2012-05-06T18:16:10Z")
[name]Sean[/name] [name]Connery[/name] can’t pronounce anything correctly. ---
**Author:** ![annie85](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/annie85/32/1220_2.png) [@annie85](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/annie85)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/6 "2012-05-06T21:48:35Z")
Obviously [name]Sean[/name] [name]Connery[/name] was pronouncing [name]Aislinn[/name] phonetically, since it most definitely is supposed to be pronounced [name]ASH[/name]-lin, although I’ve heard that AYZ-lin is also correct, so maybe that’s what it was supposed to be. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![tammylou](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/tammylou/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tammylou](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/tammylou)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/7 "2012-05-06T22:13:15Z")
My sister-in-law (mid 20s) is [name]Aislinn[/name] pronounced aish (long A and sh sound) lyn. She goes by nickname [name]Ace[/name] as that is what most people hear when she says her name. She is from a family of Irish siblings also including [name]Seamus[/name] and [name]Margaret[/name]. In saying that, I tech a 13 year old girl [name]Aisling[/name], pronounced [name]Ash[/name]-ling. It’s taken me forever to get my head around because I have been saying [name]Aish[/name]-linn for so long. I’m in Australia btw. ---
**Author:** ![lexikj](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/lexikj/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@lexikj](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/lexikj)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/8 "2012-05-06T23:39:40Z")
It is “officially” pronounced, as Gaelic name, [name]Ash[/name]-lin or the like. But a family friend named her daughter [name]Aislinn[/name] and pronounces it Aiz-linn - she clearly didn’t know of its origins so just pronounced it on how it looks in English. I don’t think it’s that bad though. ---
**Author:** ![amandaberry](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/amandaberry/32/698_2.png) [@amandaberry](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/amandaberry)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/9 "2012-05-07T00:00:19Z")
I always understood [name]Aislinn[/name] to be pronounce [name]Ash[/name]-lin. Maybe its his Scottish accent that makes it sound different? ---
**Author:** ![BeccaLM](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/beccalm/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@BeccaLM](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/BeccaLM)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/10 "2012-05-07T01:56:24Z")
Yes perhaps his accent made it sound more like [name]Ace[/name]-lin? Or maybe there were rather more Americans involved in the movie who were pronouncing it a little differently to the norm? I’ve always known it as ash-ling/ash-linn though. I went to school with a girl called [name]Aisling[/name] and always thought it was lovely and a bit different ---
**Author:** ![deedee](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/deedee/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@deedee](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/deedee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/11 "2012-05-07T04:57:16Z")
[name]Sean[/name] [name]Connery[/name] has a bit of a lisp, so that might be why he was pronouncing it the way he was. ---
**Author:** ![aislinnd](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/aislinnd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@aislinnd](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/aislinnd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/12 "2012-06-09T04:51:23Z")
I get called many names from Acelinn, [name]Aishlinn[/name], Aizlinn, Ashlinn, Ayling… etc! But if anyone asks me how to pronounce I say [name]Aish[/name]-linn or [name]Ace[/name]-linn 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![maris0416](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/maris0416/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@maris0416](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/maris0416)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/13 "2012-06-09T11:59:53Z")
I would automatically pronounce it [name]Ace[/name]-linn, sorry. I understand after reading your post that the correct way to pronounce it is [name]Ash[/name]-lynn, and I’m not really sure why it isn’t pronounced correctly in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![noahsark](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/noahsark/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@noahsark](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/noahsark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/aislinn-pronunciation/172131/14 "2012-06-10T08:35:09Z")
My name is [name]Aisling[/name], I live in [name]Ireland[/name] also, so I can assure that both my name and [name]Aislinn[/name] are pronounced [name]Ash[/name]-ling(rhymes with king) here in [name]Ireland[/name]. The thought of pronouncing my own name as [name]Ace[/name]-ling make my skin crawl, however that is just my own preference. I love the name [name]Ace[/name] on a boy and consider it a cute NN for [name]Atticus[/name] too.