Is Aoife too complicated a name for SE England?

I'm 3/4 Irish so now that I have my husbands Greek surname, I quite like the idea of having some link to my heritage too... I have always loved the name Aoife and a few family members back in Ireland have this name through the generations so it is tied to my family too. In case anyone isn't aware, it's pronounced Ee-Fah" so is very simple to say, but will they spend their whole lives being annoyed and having to tell people how to spell it? Would especially appreciate any input from any Aoife's or close relatives to Aoife's 😊 know I might regret asking opinions so please be kind lol

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last month

@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 😄

last month

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 🤣

2 months ago

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 🤍

2 months ago

@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

2 months ago

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