Aisling (name)

[1][2][3]Aisling is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "dream" or "vision" and referring to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th century in Irish language genre poetry. Aisling was not used as a given name before the 20th century.[4]

Aisling
This painting by Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes depicts an aisling.
Genderfemale
Language(s)Irish
Origin
Meaningaisling, meaning a "dream", a "vision"
Other names
Short form(s)Ash

There are many variant anglicised forms of the name, including Ashling, Aislin, Aislinn, Aislene, Ashlyn and Ashlynn.[4] Pronunciation of the name also varies, with the most common pronunciation being /ˈæʃlɪŋ/ ASH-ling; other forms acceptable to Irish speakers are /ˈæʃlɪn/ ASH-lin and /ˈæʃliːn/ ASH-leen. Others, such as /ˈeɪzlɪŋ/ AYZ-ling, /ˈæslɪŋ/ ASS-ling and /ˈeɪslɪŋ/ AYSS-ling, do not follow the Gaelic pronunciation.

The name Aisling was the thirty-first most popular name for baby girls in Ireland in 2005. Ashlyn was the 140th most popular name for baby girls in the United States in 2006, while its variant spelling Ashlynn was ranked at 293 for baby girls in 2006 in the United States. Ashlyn is also occasionally regarded as a modern name derivation from Ashley and Lynn.[5]

People

Fictional characters
  • Aisling, the titular subject in the song "Aisling", on Shane MacGowan's 1994 album The Snake
  • Aisling, the main character in Malinda Lo's novel Ash
  • Aisling in the Irish animated TV programme Ballybraddan
  • Aisling in the anonymous novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief
  • Aisling, a hero in the video game Gigantic
  • Aisling in the novel Son of the Shadows
  • Aisling, aspiring film director in the play Stones in His Pockets
  • Aisling, a young faerie girl in the animated film The Secret of Kells
  • Ashlynn in the video game Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
  • Aisling, the protagonist of the Aisling book series by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, Irish Book Awards 2018 & 2019 winner
  • Ashling, the Pilgrim, a character in the TCG Magic: The Gathering female fire elemental, traveling through her world
  • Aisling, a recurring character in the British-made sitcom Derry Girls
  • Queen Aislinn, wife of the tyrant King Freyne and mother of King Einon in the movie Dragonheart
  • Ashelin in the Jak and Daxter video game series, introduced in Jak II
  • Aisling Duval, a princess of the Empire in the video game Elite: Dangerous
  • Aislinn Foy, the main character in Melissa Marr's novel Wicked Lovely
  • Aisling Laffrey, a character in the video game Path of Exile, member of Immortal Syndicate
  • Aisling "Ash" McCarthy, one of the two main characters in the novel Like
  • Aisling O'Connor, a main character in the novel Light a Penny Candle
  • Aisling O'Dowd, a character in the television show Can't Cope, Won't Cope
  • Aisling Querelle, a character in the television show Carnival Row
  • Aislinn Wishart, a character in the Japanese manga Saki
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See also

References
  1. "Irish Spelling and Pronunciation". www.smo.uhi.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. Campbell, Mike. "User Comments for the name Aisling". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. Campbell, Mike (22 April 2018). "User Comments for the name Aisling". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  4. "Aisling". Behind the Name.
  5. "Ashlyn". Behind the Name.
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