Dia daoibh uilig,

Cé acu is fearr libh Aoibhín nó Aoibhinn mar ainm do leanbh?

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Is aoibhinn liom an dá cheann!

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Aoibhinn - Sin ainm álainn

Is dóiche gur ainm gearr (diminutive) a bheadh in "Aoibhín". Níl mé cinnte.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
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According to Woulfe’s Irish Names for Children, the nominative form is Aoibheann (from Old Irish Aibfinn/Aebfind, meaning "fair form"). Wouldn't Aoibhinn be a genitive form?

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Go raibh maith agaibh!



Thanks Caoimhín - I think both Aoibhinn and Aoibheann are both just derivatives of the same Old Irish name, not really a case of genitive I think, although who knows what mutations have occurred over the years. In modern Irish aoibhinn means 'delightful' etc.. Aoibhín is a little different, being, as Bríd notes, a diminutive of aoibh which can mean 'pleasant expression'.

Anyway, I'm not really confused about the origins, more interested in people's preferences. It's for a friend who is trying to decide which spelling to use for her almost newborn.

Aoibhinn (Bríd's choice) is more traditional but I think I might prefer Aoibhín because it is a diminutive, and for the difference in pronunciation. I'm having a hard time deciding though. Mur mbarúil?

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I like both but whether your friend can register a síneadh fada on the birth certificate or not may depend on whether they are in Éire or not, mightn't it? (I don't think it is possible in Australia, for instance.)

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

That's terrible. I thought lots of languages had things like that in them. Note the technical term 'things like that' - You can spot the linguist in me a mile off, can't you!

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Agh! Sin ceist mhaith! Ins an Fhrainc atá sí. 'Faut que je m'informe!

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

Is mór an truaí nach bhfuil "accent aigu" á úsáid ach ar e sa bhFraincis. Ach is fiú an cheist a chur, ar aon chaoi.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Cuirtear ar an e é, ach chan ar an i - sin an fhadhb! Agh, mo leithscéal - níor léigh mé i gceart thú!



Yep, tá an ceart agat - ach i ndiaidh spléachadh gasta a thabhairt ar an ghréasán is léir go bhfuil fadhbanna ag baint le ceisteanna mar seo anseo sa Fhrainc. C'est nul!

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