Aisling

ash-leen, ash-lin

Irish

"dream, vision"

Aisling Origin and Meaning

The name Aisling is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "dream, vision".

Aisling is currently a very popular Irish name for girls. Pronounced variously as ASH-ling, ASH-lin or ash-LEEN, it was part of the revival of authentic Irish names in the twentieth century, and is now being sparingly used by U.S. parents in place of the dated Ashley--though often spelled phonetically as Ashlyn or Ashlynn.

An aisling is a poetic genre that developed in late seventeenth century Ireland, a type of patriotic-romantic poetry in which Ireland is addressed as a beautiful woman.

Aisling Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 739 on Nameberry

Aisling Popularity

• 739 Nameberry 2024
• 94 Ireland 2019

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Famous People Named Aisling

• Aisling Loftus Irish,English actress
• Aisling Franciosi Irish actress
• Aisling Sistrunk American actress
• Aisling O'Sullivan Irish actress
• Aisling Daly Irish mixed martial artist
• Aisling Bea Irish actress/comedienne
• Aisling Jarvis daughter of Irish singer Moya Brennan
• Aisling Walsh Irish director

Aisling in Pop Culture

• Aisling O'Connor character in "Light a Penny Candle" by Maeve Binchy
• Aisling forest spirit in the 2009 animated film "The Secret of Kells"
• Aisling Grey main character in Katie MacAlister's Guardian series
• Aisling main character in "Ash" by Malinda Lo
• Aisling Fey character in Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series
• Aisling 'Ash' McCarthy main character in Ali Smith's "Like"
• Aisling character in the Irish animated TV series "Ballybraddan"
• Aisling character in Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters trilogy
• Aisling character in Marie Jones' "Stones in His Pockets"
• Aisling book by Peter Tremayne
• Aisling Kopp character in James Frey's trilogy »ENDGAME«
• Aisling O’Dowd character in TV series “Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope”