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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you love it, go for it. There are never guarantees with pronunciation. I can’t tell you how many times people have butchered names I thought were simple - I had no idea people didn’t know how to pronounce Eliza for example, which is one of my kid’s names. But seriously half the people who see it in writing freeze or say “uh … eh …. Eh-li-ssa?” Or how many people call me by nicknames I don’t use just because they are common for my name.

And while it depends where you live, if you’re in the DC area there are tons of unusual names from many languages. There are always at least five kids on the roster of each of my kids’ classes whose names I have no idea how to pronounce. But if my kids become friends with them, I learn. Not a big deal. [/quote]

IMO if the child is Indian American, speaks Hindi with grandparents, is growing up in a classic Indian American culture, then having an Indian American name makes total sense, no one bats an eye. But if it’s a child whose mother is Indian American and whose father is white, and they are not part of an Indian American cultural, having a name like Daksha Smith is a little bit like making her life hard for no real reason. In my opinion. [/quote]

Most Hindi names are basically phonetically pronounceable by Americans even if they mangle the vowels and emphasis a little. “Swati” is unfamiliar to some but you can more or less say it.

Irish names are totally unpronounceable phonetically unless it’s one of the few that are known here (like Sean or Siobhan). I get the desire for a unique name but it REALLY would be a millstone to give a child a name that is literally unpronounceable.

Also specifically for Saorsie, it’s a political trend name revived from the Irish revolutionary period. That’s like trend on trend to give your American kid that name unless you’re really Irish.

I’d pick an Irish name that is pronounceable like Maeve. Or an American name that gives the same feeling, maybe something like Lorelei or Sierra or Sabine. 
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