Thoughts on the name Roisin?

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Irish girls name. Pronounced Row-sheen. My sister is 34 weeks preggers and is struggling for a girls name. Would appreciate if I could get your opinion on it

I absolutely love the name Roisin. Tell her to look no further ! 😄

I don't like it sorry.

Depending on where you live you may be saddling your child with a name they have to explain several times a day

The one I knew was more of a Roh-sheen. Which I prefer to Row-sheen.

She lives in Scotland at the moment. Don't know how common it is there?

If you are in Ireland it's fine, it's a common enough Irish name and there'll be no pronunciation or spelling issues. I don't know any young ones though, all teens or older.

In the UK you'll get people pronouncing it ROSHeen, which is wrong & annoying, and it'll get spelled wrong a lot too.

As for me, it's OK but not one of my favourites. I like the look of it written down more than I like the sound of it spoken.

Personally I think it's a nice name. Yes it may have pronunciation issues bit it's a lovely name regardless. Congrats to your sis OP! xx

It's ok, not one of my favourite Irish names. I think there are prettier ones. Niamh is my favourite Gaelic name

I would say ro sheen. Not row (like row your boat) sheen.

I have a Roisin and it can be a little difficult at times with spelling and pronunciation (we're in England) but we get by. I don't like it when people say Rosh-een rather than Ro-sheen but it's a minor issue. DD7 seems happy enough with her name so far! We did give her a plain middle name though in case it was too much of a hassle.

It's a lovely name OP, I wouldn't worry too much. There are more difficult Irish names to spell and pronounce lol xx

lovely name

Pretty name.

It's always tricky having an Irish name in England. (Great in Ireland obviously! ). I've worked with a Siobhan and a Niamh. Both spent endless time correcting pronunciation and or spelling.

I'm not a fan, I find it a bit dated. I went to school with quite a few, there's a few in my extended family. To me it's a bit like Siobhan, Sinead, Niamh - very 70s/80s like Joanne, Nichola.

It's lovely! There won't be an issue wit it in Scotland. I have a Saoirse and don't have too many problems.

Don't forget the fadas: Róisín

Drama alpaca....pronouncing it ROSHeen is not wrong. This version is the pronunciation for Derry and Donegal. I should know, its my name. OP you should be fine in Britain with this name.....every one here who "knows" the name pronounces it ROWsheen.

It's a nice name, DD (5) has a girl in her class called Roisin. We do all say ' rosheen' but her mum and dad haven't corrected us yet!!

Margery80, happy to be corrected & didn't mean to offend.

Pronunciations of names vary a lot in Ireland depending on region & dialect. Where I am, much further south, it is invariably ROE-sheen & comes complete with fadas.

It's pretty. One of my friends is called Roisin, she's in her early 30s.

Lovely!

Love it. Really pretty.

I like it.

I think it's lovely