How to pronounce Saoirse?

[zingally]

I've been given a class list for my new class in September, and this name is on it. I know it's Irish, and I've been told 2 variants of pronunciation.
"Sir-shur" or "See-ur-shur"?

Or something else? Obviously I want to get it right!

The first one, to rhyme with (in)ertia

Just be warned of the child who told their teacher 'no miss, it's not chev-aun, it's see-ob-han' ;-)

I would pronounce it Sear-sha but that might just be how we pronounce it in in my part of NI.

I'd pronounce it sore sher

its pronounced shersha, like saoirse ronan the actress. you can you tube people saying her name if you like

I would pronounce it Sare-sha or Seer-sha. There are variants depending on accent though, so have a stab at it and ask the child if it's right.

Pronounciation here www.babynamesofireland.com/s-names

Seer-sha, I thought. But it might be one with several different pronunciations

Seer-sha or Sur-sha, depending on accent.

NOT Sher-sha (not how Saoirse Ronan pronounces her name either)

I've always known it as "sir-sha" (with a soft "a" sound) at least that's how the commentators always called the racehorse of the same name

I would just ask her. Her pronunciation could be different from the one you pick.

Search-a or Sorch-a (we have both of these pronunciations in our family - v confusing at times!)

Saoirse and Sorcha are two different names. Seoirse is different again.

Its pronounced as Janine says.

Sorcha is a completely different name.

And it's most definitely not Sher-sha.

I would say Seer-sha (native Irish speaker)

seer-sha. have never heard it pronounced any other way (including saoirse ronan)

I've heard both sor-sha. or sir-sha.

I would say "Sor-sha", is that wrong then? Ask them maybe?

My Dd is playing it right now with her friend ser -sha!
Her mum says it more like sair-sha though and she is Irish

I'd stop thinking about it and just ask. Who can tell these days :-) and in my experience the more you over think it- the more difficult it will become in September.

When I looked at it I read it as 'sa row c" looking at it closer that might not be how I would say it but that was my first reaction to it.

Seer-sha nice name

Looks like I'm clueless having read the thread.

haha stupid phone, sorry I didn't notice it had done that. what I actually wrote before android stuck its big fat robotic nose in was Sersha. what the hell even is shersha? aaahhh I hate google