Pronunciation problem

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Do you know how to pronounce Zosia?

I love this name for a girl but I’m worried it would get mispronounced a lot.

Thanks

I read Zoh-shy-a when I saw it

My brother goes out with a Zosia. She pronounces it Zo-sha

I know it as Zosha which is the Polish pronunciation, and the name of a previous Holby City character (which is probably where a lot of people have come across the name).

I absolutely love it!

I know one, she's half Polish & half Irish. It's pronounced Zo-sha, the Zo part rhymes with 'go'. Gorgeous name.

It's Zo-sha.

Zo as in the first syllable of Zoe.

Definitely a short o in Polish. Rhymes with “posher” (assuming you don’t pronounce your final rs)

What a lovely name -but I would have pronounced it wrong! I would still say use it, I come across plenty of people who’s name I can’t pronounce and they are happy to tell me how to say it.

Thank you all.

It’s such a pretty name (and yes, it’s the polish version of Sophia) but I’m wary of a lifetime of having to spell it/correct pronunciation.
My great grandparents were polish so it’s nice to have a link to those but I’m still undecided.

I didn’t know of the holby city link - would be better if it was a CBeebies program though as would probably be more people aware!

I know a Zosia and she pronounces it Zosha

There will be probably a lot of telling people how it's pronounced, but once you've told people once then they'd surely get it right next time.

After this thread I now know that if I see a zosia that it's not pronounced zoh-zee-ah

Never heard of it, sorry.

Why not have it as a middle name instead?

My son has an Irish name and surname which isn’t phonetic in English, but unless you for some reason can’t face telling people how it’s pronounced the first time they encounter it, it’s never constituted an issue anywhere we’ve lived.

I would pronounce it Zow shah. It's a beautiful name that I've never heard before.

Having the family link is lovely. It's a name that suits a baby, toddler, teen and older woman.

Zosha? It’s beautiful. If I was Polish I’d use it!