How do you pronounce Sláine?

Sláine is pronounced “SLAW-nya”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

What does the name Sláine mean?

Sláine means from slán, 'health, wholeness'.

Is Sláine a boy's or a girl's name?

Sláine is traditionally a girl's name in Ireland.

How else is Sláine spelled?

Other spellings and equivalents include Slaine, Slany. Irish names were written down by English-speaking clerks for centuries, which is why so many spellings survive for one name.

Girl's name

Sláine

“SLAW-nya”

from slán, 'health, wholeness'

SlaineSlany

Source: Wikipedia ↗

The story behind the name

Borne by a daughter of Brian Boru who married the Norse king Sitric of Dublin — one of the marriages that stitched Gaelic and Norse Ireland together in the years around Clontarf.

Its age Associated with 1014 — Kings with Opposition. See Ireland in that year on the atlas ↗

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