Brosna

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I just started a new job, and a woman that I work with has the most beautiful name, that I have never heard before. I rarely hear a name that I have never heard before, but I def never heard this before. I think it so lovely.

It is Brosna.

What do you think of it?

It's an Irish river, a tributary of the Shannon along with the Suck and the Inny.

Pronounced BROZ-na in English.

I'm not too sure about it tbh with the greatest of respect. I used to work with a woman called Boglarka and that was an odd one too.

Always thought it sounded a bit like Bog Lurker.

I know a woman named Sulan (fada accent on the A) pronounced Sullawn. It's a river in Cork.

These names are very uncommon. Having maybe one to three people using them as first names doesn't mean they're 'Irish girl' or 'Irish boy' names.

Also, it gets tricky. Irish rivers are gendered. They're all feminine, with the exception of the Sulan .

I also worked with a plump Indian bloke called Fateh. Made me chuckle I must admit.

@RotundBeagle fateh 😂 poor bloke!

Well to be fat is seen as a good thing in India , so his name is prosperous .

I remember when I visited India I was telling them about how the western ideal is to be thin, and they couldn't understand it. They said "someone would choose to be thin?"

Because in India you were thin if you couldn't afford food. To be fat was a sign of good health and prosperity. It definitely made me think

Ahh sorry to say I dislike it. Doesn't seem very nice to me, quite harsh.

The suck would definitely have been a worse choice.

I’m not particularly enthused about BROZ-na but it’s not terrible. Certainly it’s nicer than lots of inexplicably popular names.

Small town in Ireland called Bunbrosna, that was my first thought.
Just googled the Irish meaning - it's decaying twigs or kindling, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

I'd also think Pierce Brosnan.

Not normally one for the thread police, but some comments on here do strike me as a wee bit mean. Op is talking about an adult who has presumably had this name for at least 18 years, rather than asking for opinions for a potential baby name.

There is a bunbrosna in Westmeath. I've driven through it. It is not a town. It is not even a village. It is more like a crossroads. I don't think there is even a shop there.

There is also a Brosna in kerry.

I think it's pretty, but I live in Ireland so maybe it seems prettier to me than it might to others.

Brosna. I like it!

I really don't like it. It is very harsh and not pleasant sounding at all

Apologies for upping the status of Bunbrosna to town, not been there for a while.

I think how harsh it sounds would depend on your accent. It doesn’t come out beautifully in my accent but, if I imagine one of my colleagues (from Co. Kerry actually) saying it, it sounds much better.

That’s true for most names. How nice they sound often depends on who is saying them.

My own name sounds less terrible when North Americans say it than British people. British people render a harsh zzz sound in it, that comes out much softer when Americans pronounce it.

Fuck no

It's a nice name, havent heard it before.

Also just here to point out that "Fatih" is a normal, nice name. I see a lot of laughing at non white names on MN and it's annoying.

Bronagh is also lovely btw!

Wrt how names sound in different accents - there's a distinct difference between the RP 'O' sound and the O you get in pretty much any Irish accent. I think this may be affecting how the name is sounding in people's heads here.

I don’t like it- it’s giving Bertha/Brenda vibes. Big, harsh, thud of a name.

I’m hearing it in my Glaswegian accent, which does absolutely nothing good for any zzz-y sound. Broz would sound much better in any Irish accent than that!