Aileen

Believe me, I feel your pain !!! If people would just follow simple grammar they would see that AI is pronounced AY... at least in the U.S.

The pronunciation in the United States English is AY. As in the words 'AIR' or 'Aide' or 'AIL'

I have never met another Aileen although I know you are out there : ) I live in the US and here AI is pronounced AY not EYE. It is different but beautiful.

You are correct !!

Ai in English in the United States is pronounced AY not EYE. As in 'AIL' or "AIDE' or 'AIR'. I have had trouble all my life with people saying it wrong. My name is Aileen not Eileen.

It is actually pronounced both ways.

This is my name and I pronounce it with an A. I like my name a lot! It's unique but not too complicated.
As others mention, I was called alien by kids on occasion when I was little. Many people mispronounce it, but not just as Eileen. I get Arleen, Alina, Elaine...basically, some people cannot read!

It is actually both. I know people who pronounce it both ways.

The pronunciation in Ay-leen, isn't it? I thought eye-leen was Eileen....

Beautiful name, love it

My name is Aileen and I actually get upset when people pronounce it eye-leen. I actually pronounce it Ay-leen. It is true that people do make fun of me for calling me alien, but I actually kind of enjoy it. Alien means belonging to a foreign country or nation which makes me also different. It makes me feel special and I love my name and the way it's pronounced.

Alien? Sorry, just thought of that.

Ay-lean doesn't make sense at all. I get mad when people pronounce my name that way. It goes aa-ii not aa-yy.
If you pronounced it that way I think more people would tease us Aileen's with the word alien.

I've always known Aileen to be 'ay-leen' and Eileen to be 'eye-leen'.

Eileen makes more sense.

I really like this name pronounced ay-leen..