Aileen

Very pretty name! Both ways of the pronunciation are gorgeous, I've met one Aileen in middle school, and was she very sweet!
But it's kinda sad that it reminds me too much of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos..

This name is really pretty! I prefer it to Eileen.

How nice Aileen sounds! I think it is a lovely name. Why is it not better known? I do not get it. Those of you named Aileen are lucky, although there is confusion with the pronunciation. However, that does not mean that it isn't still a wonderful name. Great.

My name is Aileen. I love that it means light :)

It’s okay. I don’t like it but I don’t dislike it.

Sounds like alien to me.

Aileen can be pronounced as Eileen, with a I sound. Or depending on the accent, as Aileen. I like this spelling a lot, but prefer Eileen.

My name is Aileen, pronounced ay-leen my experience has been that of correcting people throughout my life on pronunciation.. Within seconds of introducing myself I am repeating it because it is unique and always mispronounced. In jr high and high school my nickname was alien.. The name literally means light, or great beam of light and on rough days I work hard to embody that description.. It is beautiful and I feel that people who don't or can't pronounce it are certainly not meant to know me...I am a shining light!

My younger daughter's middle name is Aileen. I chose it to honor her paternal grandmother who was of Hungarian descent - Wilma Aileen - who passed away a year before my daughter was born. I think it's a lovely name and hope that she'll pass it on if she has a daughter one day.

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My middle name is my mother's which I in turn, have given to my older daughter. I hope that she'll continue the tradition as well.

My name's Eileen. I like my name, but Aileen is pretty too. Aye-leen sounds weird though.

Hello all you A/Eileen's and other variants. I need to explain. I was born of Canadian parents while they were traveling through the United States. When the birth certificate was filled out, they wrote Aileen instead of Eileen. I assumed this was an American spelling. Through school I spelled it the way my mother wanted, as Eileen. But legally, I now use Aileen. It is humorous to me, because I can always tell who it is who has seen my name in print, that is, who is reading me. This is a positive for me, being a writer and poet, not that I want to limit myself in any way. I am more than poet and writer. If those I meet have seen my name in print they will call me AY-leen. If they haven't then Eye-Leen. Once, my plane tickets came back with Alien and did I want them to change that!? Why yes, of course I did! Sheesh. And, I love my name.

I know a girl who's about eleven named Aileen. She pronounces it like Eileen, but at first glance I'd probably pronounce it ay-leen. Both pronunciations are very pretty... Although I have to say spelling wise, I like Eileen a little bit more. I think it might be because Aileen looks kind of like "alien" :P.

I think this is a really pretty name. I like Aileen much better than Eileen or Aileena, although they're nice too.

Aileen is my name, when I was a child, I hated it. Now I changed my mind, and maybe it sounds too cold, but I love it anyway.

I like a variation of this name: Aileena. It seems more feminine.

No offense to people with this name, but it reminds me of middle-aged American housewives who live in the country, have big hair, and wear too much make-up.

I think this is a very pretty name and not the least bit harsh.

Aileen sounds so hard for a baby girl, backwards it's Neelia, which sounds much more feminine!

I hate this name! It sounds so harsh, not a good name for a cute little baby!

I love the name. It's one of my favorites but I can see where you're coming from.

I think the spiteful anonymous person making rude comments about the name is a female with a childish grudge against someone called Aileen. Men don't say things like "cute little baby" so I feel sorry for their very unhealthy grudge. My name is Aileen and I've fought for my name to be said as it's supposed to be. Aileen is not a harsh name and it's very childish young women who write things like that. Jealousy I expect. Aileen is also the name of a famous HiV scientist. So evidently some of us are pretty clever too. Unlike cowards who stay anonymous. What's your name then? Joanne, Sarah, Kate or maybe it's Claire, lots of those around... Debbie is a bit more rare..

People do get Aileen and Eileen confused. They often pronounce them both as eye-LEEN. It gets annoying for my friend with this name!

Aileen is a beautiful name indeed.

My name is Aileen, therefore it is the best name ever. I think that everyone with the name Aileen would agree that people need to learn how to pronounce it properly.