I'm extremely novice within the Gaelic language and am in need of assistance with the pronunciation of a few names. I could desperately use some help with the phonetics; i.e. how they'd be pronounced in English.

1.Nighean
2.Sileas
3.Inghean
4.Fenella
5.Lioslaith

Thank you, Thank you!

Jeeez the only one of them i've ever come across is the last one - Lisa in english (i think!)

1. N-eye-in / Nee-in
2. Sy-las / Silas
3. In-gin / In-ghin
4. Fen-ila
5. Lee-sa

Someone else may have a better idea...

"how they'd be pronounced in English."

The use of the modal verb is key, 'how would they be'.

They look liek they were got on a list of old Gaelic names, so I will give a suggestion in modern form.

1.Nighean -->Nían
2.Sileas --> Sileas
3.Inghean --> Inían
4.Fenella --> feanala/feneala?
5.Lioslaith --> Liosla


1.Nían -->Nyeen
2.Sileas -->Shilas
3.Inían -->Inyeen/Nyeen
4.Feanala/feneala? -->fanala/fenala
5.Liosla -->Lyusla

y=y in yes

Caution - both 1 and 3 ar archaic forms of "Iníon", daughter, and not names at all.

So I thought too

Would #4 be a variation of Fionnula?

Here's my dhá phingin:

1. Gaidhlig for "daughter"

2. Gaidhlig for Síle

3. Older form of Irish "iníon" = daughter

4. Anglicised form of Fionnghuala

5. Gaelicisation of surname "Leslie"