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The name Aoife is a baby girl name. The name Aoife comes from the Celtic origin. In Celtic The meaning of the name Aoife is: A great warrior woman of myth. |
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| Boy or Girl ?: | girl | |||
| Origin of name: | Celtic | |||
| Meaning: | A great warrior woman of myth. | |||
| Expression number: | 3 | |||
| SoulUrge Number: | 6 | |||
| Average Visitor Rating: | 4.40 (Out of 5) | |||
| Number of ratings: | 18 | |||
Comments (9)
Subscribe to this comment's feedAoife
written by Jami, September 16, 2007
written by Jami, September 16, 2007
Aoife is how it is spelled on every other name site and in any Myth related book or website, so sorry, but Aoife is spelled correctly.
aoife
written by lexy, September 30, 2007
written by lexy, September 30, 2007
how do you pronounce that? is it kind of like a grunt - (oif!)?
Aoife
written by Lynda, October 13, 2007
written by Lynda, October 13, 2007
I think you pronounce it "effie"
Aoife
written by ribbittprincess, October 19, 2007
written by ribbittprincess, October 19, 2007
It's pronouced EE-fa
Aoibh
written by Maralee, November 05, 2007
written by Maralee, November 05, 2007
Similar is Aoibh- a complicated spelling of Eve.
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written by momtobe, February 01, 2008
written by momtobe, February 01, 2008
Aoife pronounced Eefa & Aoibh pronounced Ava
what?
written by megan PiXXi DuBois, March 22, 2008
written by megan PiXXi DuBois, March 22, 2008
i dont understand how you can get ava out of Aoibh.........
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written by rlejn, May 26, 2008
written by rlejn, May 26, 2008
Because it's an Irish Gaelic spelling. Aoibh is actually pronounced more like EE-V (Eve) and Aoibhé is EE-vuh (Eva). In Irish Gaelic the letters Ao is called a long dipthong pronounced like EE as in Tree. The letters bh (considered 1 letter in Irish gaelic) is an aspirated consonant. Which makes a broad (W) or slender (V) sound. It is considered a slender consonant because an i and an é are the closest vowels. Giving the consonant bh a V sound. The é at the end is pronounced like UH like an English A at the end of a name. So you have
ao=EE bh=v é=uh giving you Eva.
ao=EE bh=v é=uh giving you Eva.
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written by Jen Lillie, August 21, 2009
written by Jen Lillie, August 21, 2009
This is my beautiful daughter's middle name. I read a sweet story about a baby Aoife, had to use it. I would have loved to make it her first name, but worried about complicating the pronunciation for others. Nonetheless, we adore her and her name.
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