Pronunciation of Saoirse

[lalaland1985]

Saoirse is my choice of name if I have a girl. I am sure it's pronounced Seer-sha however quite a few family members think it's ser-sha. Who is correct?

I would say sare-shuh but I'm from NI.

I'm from NI too and have only know. Seer-shas! I agree that it's seersha or saresha. Saoirse Ronan is the latter - the inertia thing is just to help English speakers.

It should be Seer-sheh or Sare-sheh. There is a divide in Irish between Connemara and Ulster Irish on the one hand and SW Irish on the other. It mainly affects some vowel pronunciations.

Saoirse Ronan is just plain wrong to say it rhymes with inertia.

(Seoirse - 'George' - is Shore-sheh as the S is slender.)

*Unless she pronounces inertia in-air-sha, which would be a Dublin accent pronunciation..

(Orla is not transliteration but the Modern Irish spelling. The version with -aith ending is people trying too hard.)

I'm not in Ireland I'm in Scotland. I love the name and don't see the problem in using it here. Could be different if we lived in England.

mathan yes - she does say inairsha! By trying to make it easier for people to say shes actually led to more confusion.

The uncertainty of the pronunciation on here would be enough to put me off and I'm not keen on using names from a different language/culture. It is a pretty name though. and if you love it then why not.

Sor-cha is the most common pronunciation where I stay

Irish, living in Ireland all my life and it's Sear-sha for sure. DEFINITELY NOT Say-sha like someone up thread suggested.

I'm Irish living in Ireland and I would say sayr shah.
Saor as in free is not pronounced seer

Sunny, are you mixing Saoirse up with Sorcha?

TheFear - Saor and Saoir- are pronounced differently.
'Aoi' is 'ee'. (As in 'Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?')

Pronounced Seer-sha here as well.

Could be

Girl in my sons class pronounces hers Sore-Shur

'Sore-shur' is most likely to be the name Sorcha (badly mispronounced).

No, she spells it Saoirse.

V pretty name. Be prepared to spell out the letters to people... but I still love it!

We are outside the UK, but here its pronounced Sir-see, same as the Game of Thrones character Cersei. We are, however, in the land of weird spellings and corrupted pronunciations.

Oh Loup - that's a new one on me!

My dd was at nursery (a long time ago) with a "Sore-sher" - I can't remember how it was spelt, but I kept asking dd who she had played with, and she kept saying "Saucer". To the extent where I had to ask the staff if my dd was interacting with other children, or just sitting in the corner talking to a plastic saucer!!!!
Sorry, not helpful at all!

At least it was saucer and not sorcerer!

I would have no idea tbh...would probably come out as 'Say-orse' at my best guess!

Oh dear. Don't do this to your child. They will spend their whole life either correcting people or being called the wrong name.

Really Aqua? It's not uncommon or strange in Ireland or Scotland. She will be just fine.