Saoirse

[Mazy]

What are your thoughts on Saoirse for a girl? (seer-shuh)

Would the spelling stop you from using it if you loved it?

Thank you very much! :hface:

[KohlOwenPark]

Maybe I love Thijs but now that using it could be a reality I have become very chicken and tentative. I like Saoirse a lot but it wld in the end probably trouble me to use it irl. If there was no other name I loved as much I wld consider it though! ;)

[JustCallMeJ]

I love the sound of the name, but the spelling does it in for me. I would probably "Americanize" a spelling for it... but it's hard to find one that looks right... Seersha looks off to me.

[GringaDelNorte]

I like the look of it but the sound is nms. And I can never remember how it is prn when i see it...

[golly_its_grace]

I LOVE Saoirse. It would probably be my favorite name, but I do have one little problem with it. It's not the spelling/pronunciation, it's the fact that I can't come up with another Gaelic/Celtic/Irish girls name that I love, and it would bother me to have like Saoirse and Coraline, kwim?

But, I do adore it. I think it's just beautiful.

[lekker]

I love Saoirse, but I would feel strange using it because I'm not Irish :shrug: The spelling puts me off a little too, but not nearly as much as that does. If it were just a spelling issue, I wouldn't hesitate to use it!

[Mistawis]

I really like it, especially the sound of it.

I probably would be hesitant to use it as a first name, though, because of the spelling/pronunciation issues.

[littledevotional]

It's a neat name, I like the sound but I have a hard time remembering how to pronounce it since I haven't seen it much. Pronunciation/spellings issues may keep me from using it personally. :think:

[baseballbaby]

I love the name and the spelling!! The spelling would not stop me from using it.

[Juleslia]

I really love it, but I don't think I would ever use it irl because of the spelling and pronunciation issues :(.

[Slyon]

I LOVE Saoirse! I think that Gaelic names are worth the inevitable mispronunciation and misspelling.

To Grace, Niamh, Roisin, or Aoife would make a great sister to Saoirse.

[_Melanie_]

I love it!

I also love Sorcha (Soar-uh-kuh), Eilidh (Aye-lee), and Aoife (E-fuh).

[Saudade]

I absolutely love it. Meet a couple of Saoirses while living in Ireland :)

[lindseymarie]

I like it, but I don't think anyone would ever pronounce it right. That would bug me.

[dill]

The spelling would stop me from using it personally, but I love the name. I have trouble pronouncing Irish names in general though!!

[calamityroad]

I've always been a big fan of legit spellings, so if you loved this name, even though it's a different spelling -- it's legit, KWIM? And people would get the hang of it after awhile.. & it'd make her/her name memorable IMO haha.

[IDreamOfPhoebe]

I love Saoirse and i'd still use it, people would get used to it eventually. :)

[Zabbie]

It sounds pretty, but I find it 'too much' unless the baby is born in Ireland, or elsewhere to Irish parents. I mean, I've taken the trouble to learn a bit of Irish and I have a slight understanding of the pronunciation system, plus I'm generally good at spelling and interested in names, but even I struggle to remember how to spell it!

[Rusalka]

I love Saoirse, but I would feel strange using it because I'm not Irish :shrug: The spelling puts me off a little too, but not nearly as much as that does. If it were just a spelling issue, I wouldn't hesitate to use it!

Same here :)