Aoife

EE-fa · beauty, radiance

Aoife is an Irish girl’s name, said EE-fa, and it means beauty, radiance.

How to say Aoife

Aoife is said EE-fa, written the way an English speaker would read it. Ulster, Connacht and Munster each put their own turn on a name, so you may hear it said a little differently depending on where you are.

What Aoife means

Aoife means beauty, radiance. A warrior woman of the Ulster Cycle, and one of Ireland’s most popular names.

Also written as

Aoife turns up in English with these spellings: Eefa, Eva.

Names that mean something similar

• Aoibhe: beauty, radiance
• Áine: radiance, brightness
• Niamh: radiance, brightness
• Sorcha: brightness, radiance

More Irish girls’ names

• Aoibhinn: radiant, lovely
• Bláthnaid: little flower

All Irish names, with meanings and pronunciations · Write Aoife in Ogham · Aoife in the old Gaelic script