Máire - how do you pronounce it?

[LadyOfWaffle]

I always presumed Mary but some people say Moira. Does anyone know?

Moira

I'm Irish & I would pronounce it Moira, I've never heard it pronounced Mary!

I used to work with a maire and she pronounced it my-a! This doesn't help does it .

It's pronounced: Moy-ah.

am with VG on this one and would pronounce it Moira

is there something you'd like to tell us LofW

Not in Ireland it's not! Even if I'd never heard the name before, the rules of pronunciation in Irish would make me say Moy-reh.

Well, it was my granny's name, and my mum's name, and my middle name... And we've always called ourselves Moy-ah...

Is that Scots then?

Am Scottish, btw.

x-post!

Voila!

No, just wishful thinking, DH & I are putting no.3 on hold until we buy a bigger house (ie. with a garden) But planning ahead

always here to help with names

What do you think of Róisín?

lol, also nice

my absolute favourite was Muiranne pn Mirrin but dh and I agreed from very beginning no very scottish or irish names seeing as he's irish and I'm scottish

so we have an Italian, a Greek and a latin one - makes much more sense don't you think

My Irish friend has a baby Maire - pronounced Marry!

Marry in Scotland is Mhairi spelling

I'd pronounce it almost like Moyra, not quite, like a cross between mawra and moyra. Hard to type.. I don't like it.

Prefer Roisin. Is that in the frame?

One of my son's doctors is called Muireann pronounced Mwirren. I didn't like it when I first heard it but it's grown on me. I also know a toddler Muireann, spelt the same but pronounced Mirren.

I also love Clodagh. That's becoming quite popular in Ireland now, #8 I think. I almost called my dd Clodagh 6 yrs ago, well, I say almost but her English father said 'what? like Claddagh ring?" and that made me feel a bit queasy. that explains why it's not 'flying' in the UK!