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I love it on a boy as a nn to Nicholas. I do know a girl with the name but she spells it Neisha.

It sounds feminine to me. It looks too much like "noise", I wouldn't use it. It sounds nice, though.

It doesn't sound masculine to me at all. I suppose I had always thought it was a feminine name until today.

It's NMS, but I think it does sound like a girl's name

I love it for a boy, but I absolutely despise it on a girl. I hate it when wonderful, interesting boy names are turned into girl names simply because they don't have a harsh, brute-ish sound to them. Naoise is 100% masculine to me, even though it souns softer than something like Butch, Stryker, or Cutter.

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Anyways, I think Naoise is both adorable and handsome. I think it would age very well. It has both a sophistocated, classic feel to it, but it's also very cute and fresh.

I think that does sound feminine, but I'll bet if you were Irish, you wouldn't think so! ;)

I liked Naoise once upon a time, for a boy. I haven't given it any thought recently but it's still nice.

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Do you live in the US? If so, you're going to deal with a lot of people balking at the spelling of Naoise. You might as well also deal with their confusions that a boys' name can end in the "ah" sound. Remind them of Joshua and Elijah. To me, it seems a bit much to go to the effort of spelling and pronouncing Naoise the traditional Gaelic way, but then to play gender swops with it.