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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2006 (July-August) » Archive through July 17, 2006 » Meaning of a baby name « Previous Next »

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Bethrua
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Post Number: 12
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Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 03:32 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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.

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Riona
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Post Number: 357
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Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 06:28 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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)
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Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 06:38 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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)
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Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 08:24 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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)
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Posted on Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 09:09 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Maybe so. I thought that since she asked here, it was an Irish name but it could be anything.

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Posted on Friday, July 07, 2006 - 07:44 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Is dóigh más Gaeilge é gur "Aoife" atá i dtrácht.

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Bethrua
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Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 06:31 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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)
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Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 09:00 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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
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Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 09:40 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

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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