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Bethrua
Member Username: Bethrua
Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 03:32 pm: |
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What does "Aoise" mean in English and how is it pronounced? I had a friend who just had twins and one is named Aoise, but I had never heard that name before. Thanks for your help. Bethrua |
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Riona
Member Username: Riona
Post Number: 357 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 06:28 pm: |
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Don't know what it means but I think it would be pronounced something like eesheh or eesha. Beir bua agus beannacht |
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Lucy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 06:38 pm: |
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I don't see this listed as a name in any of the usual sources. Aoise is the genitive of aois meaning age but I don't think it would be used as a name. Is it possibly Aoife (eefah) which is quite popular now? |
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Mac Léinn na Gaeilge (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 08:24 pm: |
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Maybe this is just a coincidence, but I tried Google on the name, and it appears to be of Nigerian origin and means "God will be yours." |
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Lucy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 09:09 pm: |
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Maybe so. I thought that since she asked here, it was an Irish name but it could be anything. |
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Fe arn (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 07:44 am: |
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Is dóigh más Gaeilge é gur "Aoife" atá i dtrácht. |
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Bethrua
Member Username: Bethrua
Post Number: 13 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 06:31 pm: |
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As far as I know, it is an Irish name (as the couple is Irish and live in Ireland) and a Nigerian name doesn't sound like something they'd do. Could it just be a derivation of Aoife? Like in America when someone names their baby Aubrey as a variation of Audrey? |
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Lucy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From:
| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 09:00 pm: |
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I don't see any connection between the two and have never seen AoiSe as a name. And Aubrey and Audrey are not interchangeable. Aubrey is a man's name, Audrey a girl's.Why don't you ask your friend it's meaning and derivation. Most new moms are flattered to be asked such things. |
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Riona
Member Username: Riona
Post Number: 376 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 09:40 pm: |
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Perhaps you should indeed ask the mother, she'll probably know what it means and herown reasons for choosing it. Out of curiousity, what is the other twin's name. I think Aubrey sounds nice as a girls name, I've not heard it as a boy's name persay, it was the last name of the captain in Master and Commander. Beir bua agus beannacht |
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