[name]How[/name] do you pronounce the following names: [name]Aoife[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Lorelei[/name], [name]Dashiell[/name], [name]Corinne[/name], [name]Aisling[/name], [name]Aaliyah[/name]?
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[name]Aoife[/name]: ee-fuh
[name]Cecily[/name]: sess-illy (last syllable like [name]Lily[/name] without the first l)
[name]Lorelei[/name]: Lor-a-lay ([name]Laura[/name] with lay on the end) though I have heard it said -lye
[name]Dashiell[/name]: dash-eel
[name]Corinne[/name]: probably closest is co-rin, but with a very short ‘o’ sound. k’rin? Something like that.
[name]Aisling[/name]: ash-lin
[name]Aaliyah[/name]: uh-lee-ah. Though the only person I’ve heard with this name is the singer, so that’s the pronunciation I base it off. I don’t know if it’s the common way of saying it or ‘her’ way, if that makes sense.
[name]Aoife[/name] - This one confuses me but I think it’s ee-fah
[name]Cecily[/name] - sis-uh-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] - lohr-uh-lye
[name]Dashiell[/name] - dash-ull
[name]Corinne[/name] - cuhr-rin (if that makes sense?)
[name]Aisling[/name] - It’s supposed to be ash-lynn but I always want to say ays-ling. I prefer [name]Ashlan[/name] for the “correct” pronunciation.
[name]Aaliyah[/name] - uh-lee-ah
[name]Aoife[/name] – before I knew it was suppose to be ee-fuh I tried to pronounce it a-oe-fuh (not sure how to write out what I though tit was)
[name]Cecily[/name] – sess-ily
[name]Lorelei[/name] – lore-eh-lie
[name]Dashiell[/name] – dash-ell
[name]Corinne[/name] – something like k-rin or kuh-rin
[name]Aisling[/name] – ash-ling or something like ash-leen
[name]Aaliyah[/name] – uh-lee-ah
[name]Aoife[/name]-EE-fuh
[name]Cecily[/name]-SES-ih-[name]LEE[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name]-[name]LORE[/name]-eh-LIE
[name]Dashiell[/name] ([name]DASH[/name]-el)
[name]Corinne[/name] (co-[name]RIN[/name])
[name]Aisling[/name] ([name]ASH[/name]-ling)
[name]Aaliyah[/name] (uh-[name]LEE[/name]-yah)
[name]Aoife[/name] - EE-fuh; like [name]Eva[/name] except with an F
[name]Cecily[/name] - SEHS-i-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] - LOH-re-liy
[name]Dashiell[/name] - [name]DASH[/name]-el or [name]DASH[/name]-ee-el
[name]Corinne[/name] - koh-[name]RIN[/name] or koh-REEN
[name]Aisling[/name] - [name]ASH[/name]-ling or [name]ASH[/name]-lin
[name]Aaliyah[/name] - ah-[name]LEE[/name]-uh
[name]Aoife[/name] - ee-fuh
[name]Cecily[/name] - ses-ih-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] - lore-uh-lie
[name]Dashiell[/name] - dash-el
[name]Corinne[/name] - kuh-rinn
[name]Aisling[/name] - same as ashley (knew a girl from ireland named aisling and that’s how she pronounced it)
[name]Aaliyah[/name] - uh-lee-ah
[name]Aoife[/name]: EE-fa
[name]Cecily[/name]: SES-i-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name]: LOR-eh-lie
[name]Dashiell[/name]: [name]DASH[/name]-el
[name]Corinne[/name]: cor-IN
[name]Ashling[/name]: ash-LEEN, [name]ASH[/name]-leen, or [name]ASH[/name]-lin
[name]Aaliyah[/name]: ah-[name]LEE[/name]-ah
[name]Aoife[/name] - If I saw it, I probably wouldn’t even try to pronounce…Definitely not a name you hear where I’m from.
[name]Cecily[/name] - sess-i-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] - lore-uh-lie
[name]Dashiell[/name] - dash-uhl
[name]Corinne[/name] - cur-in
[name]Aisling[/name] - ash-lynn
[name]Aaliyah[/name] - ahh-lee-yuh
[name]Aoife[/name]: EE-fa
[name]Cecily[/name]: SESS-ih-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name]:LOR-uh-lye
[name]Dashiell[/name]: [name]DASH[/name]-yul.
[name]Corinne[/name]- cuh-[name]RIN[/name].
[name]Aisling[/name]- I’ve known 2, ash-LEEN and [name]ASH[/name]-ling.
[name]Aaliyah[/name]: uh-[name]LEE[/name]-ya, like [name]Leah[/name] with an A.
[name]Aoife[/name]- ee-fa
[name]Cecily[/name]- sess-uh-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name]- lore-uh-lye
[name]Dashiell[/name]- dash-uhl
[name]Corinne[/name]- cuhr-rin
[name]Aisling[/name]- ash-leen
[name]Aaliyah[/name]- uh-lee-yuh
[name]Aoife[/name] = Ee-fuh
[name]Cecily[/name] = Sess-Il-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] = [name]Lore[/name]-eh-lye
[name]Dashiell[/name] = [name]Dash[/name]-ee-ell, but I think it’s supposed to be [name]Dash[/name]-eel?
[name]Corinne[/name] = Core-Inn
[name]Aisling[/name] = [name]Ace[/name]-sling
[name]Aaliyah[/name] = [name]Ah[/name]-lee-yah
Dashiell came up a few weeks ago with some people, even a relative (I think) of Dashiell Hammet’s weighing in but I dont believe the correct version to be “da SHEEL” as I think they said. It’s a bastardized version of “de Chiel” a surname that is old and pretty obsolete and cannot be verified as to how it was pronounced.
I was talking to some friends (french) and we came to the agreement that it most likely would sound like “de she el” or “de SHELL” similar to how the modern day words miel and ciel are prn. We took into consideration when the de Chiel family was around VS when the French language was being reformed and unified as well as modern day prn’s of similar words (it got pretty nerdy lol).
In conclusion, I think since Dashiell Hammett’s mother took liberties with the name and the prn of “de Chiel” cannot be verified then people can choose to “Dash uhl”, Da SHEEL" “da SHELL” etc…I could be wrong, I admit that and would be happy to hear if someone has a better answer!
Here is a prn of Ciel (sky) ciel pronunciation: How to pronounce ciel in French, Lombard, Italian, Slovak
and Miel (honey)miel pronunciation: How to pronounce miel in French, Spanish, Romanian, Volapük, Luxembourgish
[name]Aoife[/name] - EE-fa
[name]Cecily[/name] - SESS-ill-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] - LOR-uh-lie
[name]Dashiell[/name] - [name]DASH[/name]-ee-ull
[name]Corinne[/name] - Cuh-[name]RIN[/name]
[name]Aisling[/name] - [name]ASH[/name]-lin
[name]Aaliyah[/name] - [name]Ah[/name]-[name]LEE[/name]-yah
[name]Aoife[/name]=no idea
[name]Cecily[/name]=ce-ce-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name]=lore-uh-lee
[name]Dashiell[/name]=dash-eel
[name]Corinne[/name]=core-in ([name]Corrine[/name]=cor-reen)
[name]Aisling[/name]=[name]Ashley[/name]
[name]Aaliyah[/name]=uh-lay-uh maybe?
[name]Aoife[/name] - No idea just by looking at it!
[name]Cecily[/name] - sess-ih-lee
[name]Lorelei[/name] - lor-uh-lie
[name]Dashiell[/name] - dash-ull
[name]Corinne[/name] - cuh-rin
[name]Aisling[/name] - not sure, ash-something haha. a friend named her daughter [name]Aislin[/name] and pronounces it Aze-lin so that’s what I think of, even though I know it’s wrong!
[name]Aaliyah[/name] - ah-lee-uh
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