Is Aoife too complicated a name for SE England?

Absolutely not Aoife is gorgeous!!!! When I moved to England, I got a lot of that with orlagh, but it’s very few and far between! I think Aoife is different and not the norm, and to be honest I quite like it when people ask me how to pronounce my name, i only get annoyed when they continue to pronounce it wrong when I’ve said it 10 times lol I live in Liverpool for reference, and I think there is about 3 orlagh’s in the city 😂

Definitely not! My baby will be Gmys-Divers no one and I mean no one can pronounce the first name correctly but I love how unique it is and for me I’m the last of the Gmys’s xx

Personally I think they might struggle and have to spell it out their whole life but I have Irish heritage and do like the name. I think it’s popular enough these days it should be ok?!

I love the name Aoife! I think enough people are familiar with it. I’m in Scotland though so might be a little more common up here.

I know a fair few Aoife’s. I think it’s more common these days xx

I’m from Ireland and obviously it’s not an issue here but once people get to know how to pronounce it there shouldn’t be any issues as it’s easy enough. Personally I love my name ❤️

I don’t think so, however if you’re worried about it, why not still use the name (or similar to) but spell it differently… for example, Eva, Effa, Effy, Ava. I know it’s not the actual name, but it might be easier for people to pronounce and your little one won’t have to explain their name all the time x

Thanks all, feeling more reassured 😊 xxx

If it's a boy it'll be George it seems so that's a lot more straight forward 🤣

I absolutely love that name! But unfortunately my partner hates it. Go for it. Xx

@Charlie ah its so hard to get one you both agree on isn't it! Luckily husband likes it too... It's been a struggle to find one we both like lol. Thank you! Hope you find one you both love ❤️ x

The name Aoife is absolutely beautiful! We were going to name our 2nd baby Aoife if he was a girl. My daughter is called Ciará (Irish way of spelling Kiera) and we get so many compliments of how lovely and unique her name is, so if you love Aoife I’d vote for you to go with it 🤍

I think some Irish names are becoming a lot more known here, Aoife is one of them. I taught in SE London in a girls school for a few years and there were a few Irish names, including Aoife :) I wouldn't worry about changing the spelling because it's an easy one to say and it's short. I'm struggling to find Irish names that my husband who isn't Irish can pronounce properly 🤣

@Carla haha. Thank you, yes I think I was over worrying but the more I look, definitely seems more mainstream now which is good. To be honest there are a lot more "out there" names than Aoife these days that I don't think people will batter an eyelid! I guess there's a few easy to pronounce ones your husband couldn't struggle with... Don't know if you're looking for boy or girl ones... But Erin, Orla, Ciara are some other girl ones I thought about that are straight forward. Boys there's ones like Liam, Owen (complicated spellings available lol), Conor that people might not even initially think of as being Irish as they're so mainstream globally now. Hope you find one you both love anyway 😄