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Aisling - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aisling

[ 2 syll. ai-slin(g), ais-li-ng ] The girl name Aisling is pronounced as AE-SHLih-NG KEY. Aisling is used chiefly in the Irish language and its origin is also Irish. Derived literally from the element 'aisling' meaning dream, vision. The name was coined in the 20th century.

Aisling has 13 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Aisling used in English include Aislyn, Ash, Ashlin, Ashling (also used in Irish), Ashly, Ashlyn, Ashlynn (also used in Irish), Isleen (also used in Irish), and Islene (also used in Irish). The variant spelling Aislynn is another English form. Aislin (Irish), Aislinn (Irish), and Iselin (Scandinavian) are foreign variants of Aisling.

Aisling is a rarely used baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly linked to Aisling, Ashlyn (English) was the most frequently used.

A baby name that sounds like Aisling is the name Ashling (English and Irish).

KEY: English pronunciation for Aisling: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)"


 
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