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 [ 2 syll. ai-(l)sa, ail-sa ] The girl name Ailsa is pronounced AY-LAA- KEY. Ailsa is of Old Norse and Germanic origin. It is used mainly in the Scottish language. Old Norse and Germanic origin: From the word ey meaning 'island'. The name is of debated origin; it is usually taken to derive from the name of an rocky islet off Scotland originally known as Ailsa Craig or Alfsigesey, meaning 'island of Alfsigr' in Old Norse. It could also be derived from Elsa, or from a Scottish pet form of Alice, or else from its use as an Anglicized form of Ealasaid. In Gaelic, Ailsa Craig is also known as Creag Ealasaid. Variant forms of the name include the Scottish names Ailse and Ailsie. Ailsa is a pet form of the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice in the Scottish language. Another variant of Ailsa is the Scottish pet form Ailie. See also the related forms, the Scandinavian Alfsigr, the Scottish Ealasaid, and the English, Scandinavian, Spanish, Finnish, German, and Scottish Elsa. Ailsa is not frequently used as a baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Ailsa, the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ailsa include the Arabic Aalya, the Slavic Ajla, the English Alais, the Hawaiian Alaula, the English, Spanish, and Arabic Ali, the Dutch and English Alie, the English Alile, the English Alja, the Spanish, English, and Russian Alla, the Finnish, English, and Spanish Alli, the English Allie, the English Ally, the Russian and Arabic Alya, the English Eily, the Hawaiian Eleu, the Estonian Olli, the English Ollie, the Estonian Olly, the German and Scandinavian Ulla, and the German and Estonian Ulli. KEY: English pronunciation for Ailsa: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"   |
