Saoirse but not Irish

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it. I went to school with an AA Siobhann and we all managed just fine.

Exactly! I just met a little Isla recently-I saw it written on her tag, I asked, what's your name? She says eye la. Bam! I know how to pronounce it.

Any kid named Saoirse or Siobhann or any other not typical name is going to be in school with kids with names like Noah, Emma, Hector, Marisol, Amir, Isaiah, Darshan, Jorge, ect.....it's not like 1975 when every kid was Jason or Jenny.

Those names are spelled phonetically in English except Jorge which is phonetic in a language commonly spoken in the US. Irish isn't spoken commonly in the US. See the difference??

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go for it. I went to school with an AA Siobhann and we all managed just fine.

Exactly! I just met a little Isla recently-I saw it written on her tag, I asked, what's your name? She says eye la. Bam! I know how to pronounce it.

Any kid named Saoirse or Siobhann or any other not typical name is going to be in school with kids with names like Noah, Emma, Hector, Marisol, Amir, Isaiah, Darshan, Jorge, ect.....it's not like 1975 when every kid was Jason or Jenny.

Kids and adults learn quickly how to pronounce names, and it's no big deal.

In my kid's class a few years ago, she had classmates named:

Qayima
Marynn (pronounced Muh-rinn)
Advait
Aoife
Kian
Pratyush
Baghyawati


There were no issues with pronunciation once they were told how to pronounce the names.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: It's pronounced seer-sha.

It's a pretty name OP. I know a teen Saoirse and she's happy with her name.

Interesting. Sounds like the more popular name Say yara or Sea-airah. Hmm try translating those to English. You will find them very popular.

Sierra? You pronounce Sierra like it’s spelled ...

DP. Sierra is really beautiful.

I love the name too. A nice hippy name that doesn’t sound that weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go for it. I went to school with an AA Siobhann and we all managed just fine.

Exactly! I just met a little Isla recently-I saw it written on her tag, I asked, what's your name? She says eye la. Bam! I know how to pronounce it.

Any kid named Saoirse or Siobhann or any other not typical name is going to be in school with kids with names like Noah, Emma, Hector, Marisol, Amir, Isaiah, Darshan, Jorge, ect.....it's not like 1975 when every kid was Jason or Jenny.

Kids and adults learn quickly how to pronounce names, and it's no big deal.

In my kid's class a few years ago, she had classmates named:

Qayima
Marynn (pronounced Muh-rinn)
Advait
Aoife
Kian
Pratyush
Baghyawati


There were no issues with pronunciation once they were told how to pronounce the names.

+1

I personally love the name and would consider it if I had another daughter.

[Anonymous]

Spell it phonetically and there will not be any problems.

Seersha, Searsha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spell it phonetically and there will not be any problems.

Seersha, Searsha.

This seems like a bad option. Like naming your kid Willyum.

[Anonymous]

It’s weird to go that ethnic without a direct link.

Assuming you aren’t Latino, it would similarly be weird to name your kid Joaquin.

I know a Jewish kid named Sinead VeryCommonJewishLastname. Everyone asks her who is Irish in her family. It’s annoying to her.

[Anonymous]

Kian is pronounced the way it’s spelled

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s weird to go that ethnic without a direct link.

Assuming you aren’t Latino, it would similarly be weird to name your kid Joaquin.

I know a Jewish kid named Sinead VeryCommonJewishLastname. Everyone asks her who is Irish in her family. It’s annoying to her.

Isabel, Clara, Lucas, Sofia, Aurora, Emilia, Eliana, Sierra, Liliana, Rosa, Luna, Celeste...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s weird to go that ethnic without a direct link.

Assuming you aren’t Latino, it would similarly be weird to name your kid Joaquin.

I know a Jewish kid named Sinead VeryCommonJewishLastname. Everyone asks her who is Irish in her family. It’s annoying to her.

Isabel, Clara, Lucas, Sofia, Aurora, Emilia, Eliana, Sierra, Liliana, Rosa, Luna, Celeste...

Joaquin is a poor example, but I agree with the PP. It's more like naming your child Rocio, Epifanio, Angel, Gael, Thiago, Ximena, or Guadalupe.

[Anonymous]

I just want to say I would not be deterred by the so-called political connotations.

The girls name Saoirse has ranked no lower than 37th most popular in Ireland since 1998 (as far back as data is available): https://www.behindthename.com/name/saoirse/top/ireland

That level is not some obscure ranking that leaves it connected only to the IRA or violent nationalist groups.

That said, I would think twice about using a name in America that is not easily pronounced when people see it for the first time. -- signed 1st generation Irish American who has a sister named Isolde.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go for it. I went to school with an AA Siobhann and we all managed just fine.

Exactly! I just met a little Isla recently-I saw it written on her tag, I asked, what's your name? She says eye la. Bam! I know how to pronounce it.

Any kid named Saoirse or Siobhann or any other not typical name is going to be in school with kids with names like Noah, Emma, Hector, Marisol, Amir, Isaiah, Darshan, Jorge, ect.....it's not like 1975 when every kid was Jason or Jenny.

Kids and adults learn quickly how to pronounce names, and it's no big deal.

In my kid's class a few years ago, she had classmates named:

Qayima
Marynn (pronounced Muh-rinn)
Advait
Aoife
Kian
Pratyush
Baghyawati


There were no issues with pronunciation once they were told how to pronounce the names.

Really? My name's Alissa, pronounced "Ah-lee-sah." Even people I've worked with for years continue to pronounce it incorrectly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kian is pronounced the way it’s spelled

It can be pronounced Kye-uhn, Kee-uhn, or Keen.

[Anonymous]

Saoirse is pretty mainstream now, OP. If you love it - use it.

Every name in our country came from somewhere else unless it’s a Native American name.

And look at all the Jewish Ryan’s!

[Anonymous]

What is it about the name that you like? The spelling is pretty but the correct pronunciation is not particularly nice to the ear.