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Irish girls' names

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Keyperfect · 07/04/2020 14:16

We have narrowed our girl's name choice down to two - Saoirse ( pronounced Seer-sha) or Saorla (pronounced Sair-la).

Which one is better, do you think? Please don't tell me neither!! For info, we are Irish living in UK. Our other DCs have Irish names, and we haven't experienced any issues with pronunciation - generally just explain once.

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TerribleCustomerCervix · 07/04/2020 14:23

Sorry OP! Grin

I’m in NI so we wouldn't use any of the saor names because of the connotations, despite them being lovely.

Saorla would be my preference, it’s a bit more unusual than Saoirse.

whatsleep · 07/04/2020 14:21

Saoirse is beautiful. Saorla might be confused with Sarah (pronounces s air a) which could become annoying in time!

Mollymaejonrs · 07/04/2020 14:20

Saoirse is lovely
Think it will be better pronunciation-wise in the UK

Palavah · 07/04/2020 14:20

To me (not Irish) Saorla is unusual, but I've heard of a couple of people called Saoirse. Both sound lovely.

Pangur2 · 07/04/2020 14:19

Saoirse is lovely and it is popular enough now that more people will be able to pronounce it. (Saoirse Ronan and one of the actresses in Derry Girls.)
I do like the other name too, but I am Irish as well and I have never met or seen anyone with that name.

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