Suin (Irish Name)

[Mollydoggerson]

This is for a friend,

Suin is an uncommon Irish name.

For those that have come across it, can you confirm how it is pronounced. If you know the meaning that would be great.

Thanks

.......... even in Cork!

I knew one years ago and she called herself "shoo-un".

Whoops, didn't come back to this yesterday... Stoopid-phone must have autocorrected me

Shue-un was what I was trying to say!

Could someone Irsh please start a thread on bames and their pronouncation, they are very interesting.

I would pronounce it Shoon btw

Hi. With respect, this is actually incorrect. The 'iú' makes an 'oo ' or an 'ewe' sound as in siúl (walk) and siúcra (sugar) - even in Donegal Irish. Hence the correct pronunciation of Siún, based upon spelling alone, is 'Shoon' regardless of regional dialects.

If you were to reverse the 'iú' vowels e.g. úi as in Súin, the spelling, whilst incorrect, would be pronunced as 'Shoe-in') but that is not the correct spelling of this beautiful name.

Kind regards,
Múinteoir Gaeilge (Irish Teacher).

Just to clarify, I was replying to those who thought the name was not pronounced 'Shoon'. The reply mechanism on this forum seems to just tag you onto the end of a topic thread instead of to the particular post you want to address.

Sqoosh what about Kevin, Deirdre, Maeve, Niall, Enda, Brigid ..I know people in their 80s & 90s with these names

Hi. With respect, this is actually a zombie thread.

Oops

Mama765 I think you're about 5 years too late to this discussion anyway, sorry.

It’s spelt Sùin & pronounced Soo-in.
She was an ancient queen of Ireland.
It’s my daughter-in-laws name. 🙂

A good point, but you're definitely too late to the discussion - the baby is long named by now!

I was watching a programme set in the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, and there was a little girl with this name. Her parents and the nurses called her Shoo-un, sometimes sounding like Shoo-in. I'll see if I can find the episode but if you search Nurture Midwives on YouTube it's one of those.

Oops, yes just seen it's a zombie thread

Siun & Suín are 2 different names.
Siun is pronounced Shoon.
Suín is pronounced Soo-in.
I know this because my daughter-in-law is called Suín - only person I know. 🙂

I'd read "Siún" as Shoon - one syllable, and guess it is "June". Pretty name.
Shoowan is how Donegal speakers say Siobhan.