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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it is NOT cruel.

This is your daughter, OP. And this is the name you have dreamed of naming her forever. It's a beautiful name - it means FREEDOM! What woman could want a better name than that?

Saoirse, sounds like Sersha. Easy enough to say when she meets new teachers, new friends, new coworkers. Not a huge hurdle. Not a curse. If anything, an opportunity to make a mark and stand out a little from the crowd.

Give her something easier as a middle name, so if she goes through a phase where she doesn't want to be called Saoirse she can default to the middle - but at home by her beloved Celtic mother, she can be called the name her mother dreamed of for years before she was even conceived.

I have a difficult name - not as difficult as Saoirse, but a name that is somewhat common but my parents spelled it different. I could never find things (like the little license plates and pens and other stuff with names on them) that were spelled like my name. And my last name was awful to boot, people always spelling and pronouncing it wrong - and it was joke fodder and I was teased mercilessly for it at one point in ES. I learned to make a joke of it myself, and it taught me to break ice and put people at ease - it taught me to be personable and that has served me exceedingly well in life and career.

I recently worked with ES kids in a program in a Title I school district and believe me, there are many very weird and weirdly spelled names out there these days. Far weirder and as unpronounceable than Saoirse. As I was learning the kids names, they had to spell them and pronounce them for me repeatedly in early days. They were unperturbed, and clearly proud of their names. It made those kids stand out in my mind.

No, it's not cruel. It's a beautiful name with a wonderful meaning and connects your daughter to her Celtic heritage. I would personally put in a plug for Maeve as a middle name, so in addition to freedom she can have the name of a warrior queen.

Saoirse Maeve - that would be just gorgeous![/quote]

What a sweet post. ❤️[/quote]

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