Ruairi correct pronunciation?

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Our new baby is to be called ruairi but we have heard several ways to say it.
OH family is Irish but even they can't agree!
I'm told definitely not "Roar ee" like story unless in southern Ireland
OH thinks it should be more rur-ee like ggrrr, rolling the u sound
MIL thinks more like Roo-ree as in "kangaroo"

Anybody else got a ruairi in the family? Our other boy is a red head so we hope this name will fit our new arrival perfectly.

Which way do you prefer and use that.

I'm lrish. I would go for your dhs version. Its lrish for Rory. Lovely name.

I'm Scottish but assuming it's the same pronounciation as Ruairidh I would say it's like brewery without the B!

I'm Irish too with a Ruairi in the family and your OH is right!

I'm irish and pronounce it like yr oh.

Lovely name.

It's Roo-ree, because it's the Irisy spelling. It would only rhyme with story if it were spelt Rory.

On the Archers they say R-eurgh-ree

Though reading back, OH's pronounciation is even better than MIL's - I missed that bit! It's hard to describe Irish phonetically!

Exactly as @Ca55andraMortmain said, brewery without the b. Gorgeous name!

Thanks for the replies, nice to see i wasn't the only one up at this hour pondering fairly random topics.. .Im English so I'm being led by by OH in this matter! I find the rur-ee (as in grr-ee) the hardest with my Somerset accent so will have to get some practice in.I know this name will stump my English family at first so wanted to get this settled before the big day.
We wernt going to find out gender but he flashed his bits at a late growth scan last week before the sonographer could warn us so no doubt it's Ruairi!

I am Scottish and would pronounce it Roo-ray.

I'm Scottish and say Roo-ree

Our DS is Ruairí and we pronounce it Rooree

Gosh it's not a straightforward choice !

I'm in Scotland and would say Roo-Ree. It's a fairly common spelling of the name here. More common is the anglicised Rory, pronounced Roar-y

Are you going to put the Fada on the last i
That changes the way it would be pronounced. That's what gives it the ee sound.

My husband is Irish go with your OH

DH is from Dublin and he says Roo-ree.

I’m from Belfast and I pronounce it Rurr-ee, like fury but with an R.

Roo-ree here (Scottish)

It's Roor-ee but not quite like roo but more to rhyme with moor. Does that make sense? Rory is different.

Rer-air-ri

Yes brewery is a good rhyme too. Lovely name. Congrats!

Why pick a name you don't know how to pronounce?

Why pick a name you are going to have to practise to pronounce?

Rer-air-ai??

How many r's did you just add?