… particularly if you are in the US.
And, how would you say it? I know how it is intended to be pronounced in [name]Ireland[/name], the only way I would use it and say it. But I am curious as to perception and use in the US. I love the meaning and sound in its original/traditional form but am a little fearful of how it is or may be used/construed/mispronounced/misspelled in the US. Or if I shouldn’t be? I do not want to use a more Anglicized version to make it phonetically correct for English, as I think it completely changes the name and do not like that more “trendy” name.
I apologize if you’ve already seen and replied to my other post. [name]Just[/name] trying to see if there are any more thoughts out there on this name. Could be any day now so feeling a bit frantic on choosing a name!
Also considering [name]Nora[/name], [name]Maeve[/name] (but cannot get husband to budge on liking this at all!!!), [name]Ciara[/name], [name]Aine[/name], [name]Fiona[/name], and possibly some others. Really like the sound of [name]Aibhilin[/name]/Eibhlín, but think it’s too complex for use in the US.
Brothers are [name]Conor[/name] and [name]Liam[/name].
I adore the name [name]Aislinn[/name]! I think it’s so pretty. I would pronouce it as [name]ASH[/name]-lin. Have you also thought about [name]Aisling[/name]? It’s nearly the same, but I think more people would ask, “[name]How[/name] do you spell that?” than they would if someone said their name was [name]Aislinn[/name]. With [name]Aislinn[/name], people may just write [name]Ashlyn[/name]. I can hardly picture someone writing [name]Ashling[/name].
It’s pronounced [name]Ash[/name]-lyn, and I think it’s really pretty. I live in the US and I think most people would have a hard time pronouncing it. I had to google it the first time I saw it.
Yes, I do know that it is pronounced “ash-lin”, but I was and am curious how many people here in the US know that and would say it that way. It seems that most people on nameberry know how to say it but that many people elsewhere on other sites/boards are saying it a way I don’t like (ace-lin). Also, I do not really like [name]Ashlyn[/name] or [name]Ashley[/name] and so am not sure I like the name being confused as such. But I really do like how [name]Aislinn[/name] sounds and what it means in its own right. If I’d know most people would say it and spell it as intended, I wouldn’t have any question.
I did consider [name]Ashling[/name], but I am not sure I like the “ing” sound at the end as much, and neither did my husband. Is that how it’s meant to be said?
He may be starting to come around to [name]Maeve[/name]… so that may be possibly back on the table as an option.
Choosing my boys’ names wasn’t nearly this hard!!!
i live in the US and i prned it Ayes-lynn. I think with so many made up names that may resemble this name ([name]Gracelynn[/name], [name]Brooklyn[/name], Analyn, Koralynn, etc etc.) it will be put into that category even if it has a legitimate history.
If I didn’t know it was [name]Ash[/name]-linn I would probably have guessed as Ayes-lynn. I’m with @sweetpeace and think most american’s will assume it’s made up instead of a traditional irish/gaelic name and won’t bother to ask first how it’s pronounced.
I think with [name]Conor[/name] and [name]Liam[/name] I would probably choose [name]Ciara[/name] or [name]Fiona[/name]. [name]Both[/name] of your boys names are more well known and easily recognizable in the States and are fairly intuitive in spelling and pronunciation. I think [name]Ciara[/name] and [name]Fiona[/name] both fit that bill and are both beautiful names.
If people don’t know it’s ash-lin, then they probably will say ays-lin at first. As long as you just correct them and say its an Irish name, they should remember how to pronounce it. I know a girl with this spelling and she just corrects people and moves on.
I would have pronounced it ays-lin too if I hadn’t looked it up and seen how to pronounce it correctly. If you use it, you, and your daughter, will have to be prepared for years of correcting spelling and pronunciation.
I hate to hear it pronounced as ace-lin. We’ve already “Americanized” the pronunciation [name]Caitlin[/name], lets not do the same to [name]Aislinn[/name]!