Saoirse pronouncing

[BHillary]

How do you pronounce Saoirse?

Sur-sha or sear-sha?

I prefer the first but not if it isn't correct hmm.

I thought it was see-or-see (sea-horsey!)

Sur-sha imo

Oooh I've often wondered this!

Seersha

I thought it was sers-ay

I would say "sur-sha" but I've also heard "sawr-sha"

I’d do it Sair - shur

I would say Sur-sha, as I that's how I've heard it pronounced when people talk about Saoirse Ronan.

You should probably not use a name if you don't know how to pronounce it.

Saw- sha

Oh dear 😂😂

I'm Irish and pronounce it "Seer-sha".

It is actually a word in the Irish language and it means freedom (hence the political connotations).

Some people might say "sur-sha", depending on what accent they have.

I like sur-sha but it's it's wrong I
Can't use that haha

I'm Irish and was at the cinema recently in London with a bunch of 12 year olds and I asked them to pronounce this name on the Ladybird poster ... Hilarity ensued!
I don't think non-irish people can pronounce 'aoi' as it's meant to be pronounced ... so maybe not the best choice for babies in this country... if that's why you were asking.

Its a hard one to describe, kind of like Sair- sha, but drawing out the sounds.

I am 😂😂😂 at some of these suggestions!

It’s seer-sha or ser-sha

So sur-sha is acceptable ?

DD’s best friend is called Saoirse
We say ser-sha but her mum ( who is Irish) says sair- sha so I’m assuming she’s right

stylishduck those people might be confusing the name with Sorcha, which is saw-ra-ka.

Sorry pressed too soon. Irish too and I think as the OP said its hard for non irish to get the right pronunciation of the aor part, the sounds are drawn out more than you would think lol

Saoirse Ronan says sur-sha
That's why I'm confused

I know two. One is seer sha and one is halfway between sursha and saresha. Both Irish but from opposite ends of the country.

Seer-sha or sir-sha

Tbh i only know one person and she lives on my street and they pronounce it as saw sha. So even irish people pronounce it differently to each other.

My sister in law is from Dublin and calls my niece sur-sha. I'm from the South of Ireland and call my niece Seer-sha.