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.

There are different accents in Ireland you know! As well as different dialects of Irish.

I would pronounce it seer-sha (I’m not in the UK or Ireland but have Northern Irish relatives).

But I think Saoirse Ronan will make sir-sha the dominant pronunciation in the way Keira Knightley made Keira dominant over Kiera.

I'm pretty sure someone else posted about this name a few weeks ago.

The first thing that comes into my head when I see the name is 'sore arse'

I pronounce it Sair-sha. Lovely name

I’d say Sair-shaa

Im Irish, I would say Seer-sha, although I know a lot of Sur-shas and even a Sur-ca !

Ok so I’ve said Sair-sha and seer-sha out loud in my accent both sound the same...

I would say Sore-arse as well! But I am not Irish!

I'm from NI and would say Seer-shuh, but am by no means an authority on the matter!

My dd4 is called saoirse and we pronounce it sir-sha, we choose it as it means freedom, and she definitely loves up to the meaning of her name

It’s probably closest to Seer-sha, but actually, maybe more like see-er-sha. The “saor” bit is kind of halfway between one syllable and two

autocorrect - “Saoir”!

Please tell me that Sorcha = saw ra ka is a wind-up.

Sorcha Cusack pronounces it "Sawsha" surely?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-FwAlRAM4W0

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Western Irish here.
I'd pronounce is Seer sha but the accent changes across the country,
It means freedom/liberty and has traditionally been a name with very republican connections.

Please tell me that Sorcha = saw ra ka is a wind-up.

No. it’s that or sorsha.

If sorcha cusack is saying sawsha then she is pronouncing her own name wrong.

Sorcha Cusack definitely pronounces her name sur-uh-kha (i.e. correctly), I'm named after her :D

I don't think there even is an Irish name that's pronounced "saw-sha". Seoirse is the closest I can think of but there's definitely an R in there. Also it's a boys' name.

Please tell me that Sorcha = saw ra ka is a wind-up

No, its how you say it. And how Sorcha Cusack says it too.

This is my daughters name. We pronounce it seer-sha. Ser-sha is also correct it's just different regions pronounce it slightly differently. The funniest pronunciation was by a GP, see-war-see. I didn't even twig it was my daughter they were calling for!

I was thought the Irish for freedom is pronounced Say-r-sha but Seer-sha is the most popular pronunciation for the name. Sorcha is pronounced Sur-ka or Sur-ick-a or Saw-r-ka which is Irish for Sarah. The sound of pronunciation depends on region and accent.

Sorcha Cusack pronounces it "Sawsha" surely?

Why would she pronounce it like that?

You realise Sorcha is an Irish name?