Aisling

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aisling is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Danish given name157 records spelled Aisling6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Ireland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Áisling

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aisling is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Irish Gaelic: from the vocabulary word meaning ‘dream, vision’. This was not in use as a given name during the Middle Ages, but was adopted as part of the Irish revival in the 20th century. Variants: Aislinn; Ashling (Anglicized form) .

  as a word

• In Scottish Gaelic, dream, vision

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 48 years between 1972–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aisling Walshb. 1963IEIrish writer and film director
• Aisling O'Sullivanb. 1968IEIrish actress
• Aisling O'Loughlinb. 1978IETV journalist
• Aisling Beab. 1984IEIrish comedian, actress, and writer
• Aisling Dalyb. 1987IEIrish martial artist
• Aisling Chin-Yeeb. 1988CACanadian film director, writer and producer
• Aisling Loftusb. 1990GBEnglish actress
• Aisling Franciosib. 1993IEIrish-Italian actress
• Aisling D'Hoogheb. 1994BEBelgian field hockey player
• Aisling Jarrett-Gavinb. 2000GBBritish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 222 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aisling?

We estimate roughly 1.6 thousand people bear Aisling (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Aisling have the most bearers?

Aisling is most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is most often spelled aisling.

How common is Aisling compared with other names?

In Ireland, Aisling is the 98th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.

Is Aisling a male or female name?

Aisling is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aisling mean?

Recorded meaning: Irish Gaelic, pronounced ‘ash-ling’: from the vocabulary word aisling ‘dream’, ‘vision’.