Is it unfair to call my baby Saoirse?

I'd pronounce it Seersha.
It's a nice Irish name.
If you like it go for it.
It's not wildly difficult to pronounce.
Erin from Derry girls - her real name is Saoirse.

I don't associate it with the IRA or Sinn Féin but I wouldn't know either how Unionists regard it.

This OP

Even more so if she moved abroad at some point. (I mean my friend is called Mariya and gets so annoyed about people not spelling or pronouncing her name properly...)

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Go for it op, it's a beautiful name & as mentioned people can spell the names of mythical characters from GOT with little difficulty.

I spent my whole childhood being asked what the English version of my name was. My name isn't English but my teachers were obsessed about giving me an English name to make it easy for them. My name isn't hard to pronounce either as it's very phonetical but now we've gone the other way where people want unique names. Saoirse is a beautiful name, stick with it.

I have a dd with an Irish name people get used to how to say it.
Saoirse. Is beautiful. And as said above its becoming more known.

We moved when dd3 was almost4 so when she had her birthday we invited the entire nursery class. I had quite a few mums and dad's slide up next to me asking "how do you say her name?" So I told them and they never asked again.

The pronunciation isn't obvious, and I think it will probably be mispronounced and misspelled, but it's quite nice

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Lovely name go for it.

The baby was born in 2015, and are now 7. I'd say the decision has been made.

Lovely name go for it. My son has an Irish name & we lived in uk for years. So what if it sounds like a 'republican name' proud to be Irish, weird comment by that poster.

I'm English, I can spell it and say it (because of the actress).

Song of the Sea is an absolutely beautiful film!

Go for it OP. If we only go for names the English already know, then this is the death of our cultures in action IMO.

My DC have names that reflect my heritage and DP's. The English have learnt to spell them and my DC love their names (phew!).

Incidentally, I have a perfectly normal-to-the-English-ear sounding surname, yet with an unusual spelling. I have to spell it every time I say it. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

In 2019 when we didn’t know my sons gender yet we were picking names so my husband initially came at me with the name and was like what about saaarsha!!! In crazy voice and I was like you’re crazy 😝 but then I realized he was pronouncing it way wrong when we watched song of the sea which was such a precious movie and I heard how Irish people and not my husband pronounce it haha. Anyways and so it has stuck with us since and now we are naming one of our daughters Saoirse. We are having twins in 2022 October

Grey Is it Dearbhaile? Laobhaise ? Fionnghuala I haven't heard Cliona for ages - lovely name.

DH used to work with a Dearbhaile and a Tadgh. I used to get calls whenever he/one of his colleagues had to deal with either of them to remind him how to say their names. Numpty. So yes, I can completely concur that people might avoid you out of embarrassment at not being able to say your name.

I often have to google names on CV's though just to figure out a gender never mind pronounce it. It's part of living in the UK and I agree with Holly

Thankful applause for WildRunner.
I have an easily pronounced, bog-standard name. Misspelled all the time. Nothing is sacred. Enjoy the diversity of names :) (I even apply that on here to all names I dislike, wouldn't it be boring if we all agreed!)

I have a Gaelic name, and I do spend a lot of time correcting pronunciation in those who have only seen it written, and spelling in those who have only heard it spoken. But I adore my name, I'm very proud of it, its meaning and its heritage. Saoirse is gorgeous.

I'm Irish Valsold and so is my friend and her daughters who knew Caoimhe and Saoirse were so popular!

Lucybabs (waves) have met someone from the UK (related to my dsis through marriage) with Saoirse and Caoimhe as well. Could be the same people ?

rollon That is what I read it as too! Such a shame because it is such a lovely name but my brain goes "Sorearse - no that's not right - it's an ee sound seer sha - is that right - oh shit - I've forgotten -again" I'd probably be better if I knew someone with the name but I've only ever read the name in books and googled how to pronounce it.

I always read it as sore-arse! Sorry-that probably isn't helpful!!

Isn't UK society multicultural?
So call your baby what you like.
So many different cultures with different names.
I'm sure there are lots of names people mispronounce.
The people who matter to you and your dc will learn how to pronounce it properly.

Auberginsrus Seoirse is George in Irish. Not a million miles away from Saoirse .
Seoirse us pronounced Shore sha.
For your next dc if it is male

I like it and if it is a name you love then call her it.

It's not 'quirky' or 'look at me at all'.

Lasairfhíona?

It's beautiful. Do it!

Cliodhna?