A nickname for Saoirse
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Anonymous
| I don’t like it. |
Anonymous
| Given OPs posts, is it possible SHE doesn’t know how to pronounce it? Perhaps she likes the vowels and consonants thing but couldn’t figure it out so she started a thread for folks to explain it? And now that she’s seen it’s a shitshow she’s gonna choose something else. |
Anonymous
| This name is lovely and not remotely controversial. This thread is absolutely mind boggling. |
Anonymous
| Sa-our-se? |
Anonymous
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So, picture this-really happened.
Mom brings red headed toddler to church nursery. Volunteer sees name tag- Saoirse- and asks, how do you say it? Mom says 'seer sha'. Volunteer now knows name. It was pretty simple and straightforward. I'm the volunteer, and it's a pretty name. I've seen Irish names before, I can't believe how some in this thread have never seen the not-totally-uncommon names talked about here. Maybe it's because I'm from NE and there are Irish folks there? But really, if I don't know a name, I just ask. Where I live now, there is a large ethnic group that I am not as familiar with and sometimes I just ask if I am saying a name right. |
Anonymous
The word is literally used as the name of a political bulletin of a splinter group of Sinn Fein but OK. Google it. |
Anonymous
+1. Bunch of Americans desperate to out-Irish each other. So annoying. |
Anonymous
LOL |
Anonymous
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Why would you pick a name like Sheer-sa and then try to nick name it?
I guess you could use Sheri. |
Anonymous
And here we have an answer to the "Do people know how to pronounce it?" question. |
Anonymous
| Please do not go with Sisi, unless you are keen to link your child to an Egyptian dictator... |
Anonymous
| I’d probably end up calling her “Seerse” |
Anonymous
| Why would you name your kid something you don’t want to call them? |
Anonymous
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/saoirse-defies-sf-order-to-disband-1.34948 I went to grad school with someone who was from Wisconsin. She had been very sheltered in a small town so she hadn't been exposed to lots of things like Major League Soccer. If she hadn't heard of a thing- she assumed it didn't exist. You all remind me of her. Political associations of the name exist. OP should go for it if they want but you can't deny facts. |
Anonymous
| I have an online friend who named her kid this. Never knew how to pronounce it but I think I've figured it out from this thread. |