Sadhbh, Sáibh, Saiva, Saiveen etc

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I keep seeing this name in a very wide range of spellings - what spelling works?
(I don't have a baby to name, I just love this name.)

Sadhbh seems to be the standard. I've never seen those other spellings.

Its Sadhbh, pronounced Sive, like jive.

What about Caher with Saiveen as a middle name?

😂

Sadhbh. Sáibh would be pronounced ‘Soyve’ for one thing, and while I’ve never seen the others either, surely they’re more likely to be pronounced ‘Sayve’ or ‘Sayva’ or ‘Sayveen’? You know Sadhbh rhymes with the number five.

Come think of it there’s a John B Keane play called Sive.

Whete did you come across these? It wasn’t one of those ridiculous ‘Irish baby name websites’ written by some bot, by any chance? They’re notoriously wrong.

I've seen it spelt many different ways here in Ireland but Sadhbh seems to be the most popular

I met a 12yo Saiva recently. (Not Irish, possibly Persian?)
I worked with a Saibh (no fada) a while ago.
There was a storm Sadhbhín last year (i think).

Yes, Sadhbhín was correct, but that’s not ‘Sayveen’ and Saibh isn’t the same as Sáibh.

@RollingRocknRoll, definitely, but then she needs a fortress, and next thing you know she’s invading Tralee.

Saibh pronounced her name Sadhbh. I think it's not unreasonable to try not to name your child "sad".

Traditionally in Conamara it's pronounced Sow, rhyming with how. But the Sive pronunciation has mostly replaced that.

I've only ever seen it as Sadhbh, pronounced like Sive (jive with an s as someone says above)

Sadhbh, Sáibh, Saiva, Saiveen

As someone who hasn’t come across these names before, the only one I might guess would rhyme with five is Sáibh, as it looks obviously Irish and I would guess either Seev or Sive as pronunciations.

Sadhbh - I would guess at Sav maybe?
Saiva - would be saver
Saiveen - would be Sayveen

Sadhbh is the spelling I'm most familiar with.
I also know a Sive but that's because dad isn't Irish and they were afraid extended family wouldn't cope 😁

Beautiful name

Another beautiful name is Sabha (pronounced saw-va)

it was in a story in an Irish book I studied in school and I also loved it.

Sáibhe seems to be popular, also Saidhbh.
It's a really ancient name, once spelt Sadb.
When I first heard it I thought it was sámh or sáimh, meaning tranqil, peaceful etc, but that's not a name.

Yes but there would have been a séimhiú on the d and b making it more like the modern spelling.

My pet hate is fadas being where fadas have no place being.

Ahh but they look nice!!!

I'm convinced that's why some people use them. Pretty little hats for vowels!

Feel like I just stepped into a parallel universe

Welcome to Ireland!

Love it :-)

Don't love it as a name, I put it in same category as Tadhg.
Too many ways to spell, confusing dbhgh letters that are not needed.
I say this as someone who had to spell out my name and pronounce it to anyone who needed to know. It's a burden in life, honestly it is. I personally gave my children, phonetically spelled names which will work outside Ireland too for that reason.

There’s only one way to spell Taghg, unless we’re going old school with the dots.