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How to pronounce Aoibheal?

Pronunciation of Aoibheal in the US

In the US, Aoibheal is primarily classified as a female name. The American pronunciation, specifically in Lafayette, California, USA, is

Ah veel
  • ah sounds like the 'a' in car

"In Irish legend, fairies are as old as the land itself. Children of the goddess Diana or the Tuatha di Daanan, they are the very breath and life of the Emerald Isle. Fairies are rumored to live among the people within hills known as Fairy Mounds. Every mound or kingdom has a king and a queen. One particular mound north of Munster is ruled by the beautiful and famous Queen Aoibheal (pronounced Ah'veel). As legend goes, Aoibheal foreknew the outcome of a vicious battle at Clontarf and tried to warn her people about it. In more popular media, Queen Aoibheal is a key character in the Highlander series of books by author Karen Marie Moning. Here, she is depicted as a beautiful, ancient, powerful and vain queen that does all she can to uphold the treaty between the races; mortal man and immortal fey."

Type of Name: Name Of The Irish Faerie Queen
Gender: Female
Origin: Irish
Other spelling(s): Aoibheall
Meaning: Fire, Spark


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Pronunciation of Aoibheal in the US

In the US, Aoibheal is primarily classified as a female name. The American pronunciation, specifically in Lafayette, California, USA, is

Ah-veel

"In Irish legend, fairies are as old as the land itself. Children of the goddess Diana or the Tuatha di Daanan, they are the very breath and life of the Emerald Isle. Fairies are rumored to live among the people within hills known as Fairy Mounds. Every mound or kingdom has a king and a queen. One particular mound north of Munster is ruled by the beautiful and famous Queen Aoibheal (pronounced Ah'veel). As legend goes, Aoibheal foreknew the outcome of a vicious battle at Clontarf and tried to warn her people about it. In more popular media, Queen Aoibheal is a key character in the Highlander series of books by author Karen Marie Moning. Here, she is depicted as a beautiful, ancient, powerful and vain queen that does all she can to uphold the treaty between the races; mortal man and immortal fey."

Type of Name: Name Of The Irish Faerie Queen
Gender: Female
Origin: Irish
Other spelling(s): Aoibheall
Meaning: Fire, Spark


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Pronunciation of Aoibheal

Here is how Aoibheal is pronounced

av-heel


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