Comments for AISLINN:

Aislinn means inspiration. I love it, it is one of my top three favorites!

-- ellen2321  2/28/2005

There is also another variant of the name, Iselin. It is used in Norway as I know.

-- ingvild  3/5/2005

In Gaelic it means 'a dream'.

-- poetic_freedom  2/9/2006

This gorgeous Irish classic is not pronounced ICE-lynn or ASH-lyn. The correct pronunciation is ASH-ling; a more modern variant is ash-LEEN.

-- Anonymous User  5/2/2006

Pronounced Ash-lyn.

-- Anonymous User  2/9/2007

My name's Aislinn and everyone I know calls me a different name, including Ice-lyn, Aslan (like the lion from Narnia!), my mum insists on calling me ash-leen so does my grandma. But I also have loads of nicknames that my friends call me, like Ashy, Ash and Baislin(?) lol. But I like my name! Its meaning is really nice as well, dream or vision.

-- aislinn890  2/9/2007

Aislinn is the main character of Melissa Marr's "Wicked Lovely". Called "Ash" by her friends.

-- Anonymous User  2/25/2008

Aislinn is a beautiful old Irish name everyone seems to think it comes from the name aisling but this is not true. Aisling is a newer version of name Aislinn it is pronounced as ash-lynn not ashling or ashleen.

-- tricia  5/16/2008

Sorry to burst your bubble, but "Aislinn" doesn't mean anything in Irish, old or modern. "Aislinn" IS a just a corruption of the word, and later, name, Aisling which means "vision" or "fantasy", not just an ordinary dream. And the pronunciations ASH-ling and ASH-leen, as opposed to just ASH-lin, arose because of differences in the pronunciation of Irish across the four provinces. Neither one is more correct than the other. I have done some research, and the oldest form of the the word "aisling" I can find is "aislinge" (middle Irish). "Aislinn" is definitely modern invention/mutation, not an older spelling of aisling. I would seriously question your proficiency in the Irish language.

-- Undine  3/10/2009

I have a friend named this, and she pronounces it AYS-lin.

-- sweetkit  5/18/2008

I read it in a book and fell in love with it. It's absolutely my favorite version of this name. I will definitely be giving this name to my girl.

-- Fluffy_Thewerewolf.  6/30/2008

I know two girls with this name - one pronounces it 'Ays-lin' and the 'Ai-lin'. I'm assuming the latter is a French pronunciation.

-- Venezea  12/17/2008

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