Aislinn

Aislinn: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “dream; vision”
Origin: Irish
Say it: ASH-lin · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Aislinn is an anglicized spelling of Irish Aisling, from a word meaning 'dream' or 'vision'. The Irish literary genre aisling featured dream-vision poems.

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How popular is Aislinn?

202444.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Aislinn in 2024148

2024 rank#1,473 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 18805,388

Aislinn is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

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Aislinn questions

What does the name Aislinn mean?

Aislinn means "dream; vision". It comes from Irish. Aislinn is an anglicized spelling of Irish Aisling, from a word meaning 'dream' or 'vision'. The Irish literary genre aisling featured dream-vision poems.

Is Aislinn a boy or girl name?

Aislinn is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aislinn?

148 US babies were named Aislinn in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Aislinn?

Aislinn is usually pronounced ASH-lin.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.