My father was Hubert(as were the other Hughs in his family) too but no one ever ever called him that except his mother(mother's privelege I guess). He never used
Hubert - even on a lot of forms he used
Hugh.
I don't like
Hubert myself...it reminds me of a stuffy little Victorian boy in knickerbockers for some reason! Interestingly enough none of the 5 Hughs in his family used
Hubert even if it would have made things easier. They all had nick names like Hugh/Hughie-next- door,Hugh-at-number-whatever,Uncle H,Hugh Lastname and Young/Old
Hugh. Oh yeah the kicker was that 4 of them lived within four houses of each other!!
Aodh is pronounced AY. To tell you the truth it is not very common in
Ireland and I'd worry a bit if it would sound like "Eh!" but I do like it and my husband has a really long last name so it would balance out.