Help with Irish name, please

[Sorchamarie]

I'm looking for some help with an irish girl's name starting with 'S' from anyone who is knowledgeable in such things, please.
Is there a name that would be pronounced either 'sore-sha' or 'seer-sha'?

I know of Sorcha and Saoirse, but I understand they're pronounced slightly differently to the above. Any help would be much appreciated.

They are two very different names. But your phonetic pronunciation is about right for Saoirse. For Sorcha, there is more variation. I'd say it as: Sor-a-ka.

Check this out: forvo.com/word/sorcha/

I'd say that depending on dialect/pronunciation Saoirse would be either 'sore-sha' or 'seer-sha' - I'd say the latter (west coast reared, living in dublin)
To me, Sorcha would be 'sork-ah' but could also be 'sore-sha'

Actually sor-a-ka is probably closer to my pronunciation too :)

I'm up north and sorcha and saoirse would be pronounced up here by a lot of people the way you have written them.

I’m from the west and would say seersha for Saoirse and Suraka (but with a softer k) for Sorcha but have heard Sorcha pronounced Sore-sha more frequently.

@Nyancat

I'm up north and sorcha and saoirse would be pronounced up here by a lot of people the way you have written them.

Yes but they’re completely wrong on the Sorcha front. I’m also from NI and it’s one of those cringeworthy mistakes that’s made by a lot of people. Sorcha should be suraka. Saoirse is seersha.

Thanks everyone. Really appreciate the help. Saoirse is definitely the name I'm after then.

What @harrietm1987 said: "they’re completely wrong on the Sorcha front ...it’s one of those cringeworthy mistakes that’s made by a lot of people."

Not disputing that Lavinia Kerwick is a very brave woman but what has she got to go with the thread?

Wow, something really strange has happened with my posting ending in the wrong place. I'm 100% new to MN. I meant to post on a different thread.

Is there any way I can delete those posts? I could click the REPORT button maybe to ask to admin to delete?

I just reported to MN and asked them to remove them.

I assume this relates to the 15% Irish Times piece. I do remember LK being on the late late in the last year or two. Very interesting speaker!

Depending on what part of the country you're from, Sorcha can be pronounced either Sor-ka or Sor-sha.
Saoirse is pronounced Seer-sha...unless of course you're Saoirse Ronan who seems to have developed some sort of affected pronunciation of the name to make herself sound more unique...

Does Saorise Ronan pronounce it differently? I thought so she pronounced it Seer-Sha?

She rhymes it with inertia.

@SionnachRua

She rhymes it with inertia.

It’s so frustrating. I’m in London and know a couple of English families who have named their child Saoirse pronounced sersha thanks to Ms Ronan 🤦‍♀️

I think Seersha first but then Saresha comes into my mind.

I have an Irish name beginning with S

Saoirse is the Gaelige word for freedom
Sorcha is Gaelige for Sarah. Sorcha is my favourite girls name.

@MaLarkinn
Is it
Sinéad
Siobhán
Sorcha
Saoirse
Sibéal
Síofra

??????

Could it be Seoirse that you are thinking about? Gaeilge for George and pronounced Shohr-sheh.