Saoirse

A modern classic. Young at heart, though worldly and cultured. Indigo like the deepest depths of the oceans, painted with silvery-white like soft exhales. The pronunciation is mellow, with some spunk of its own. Also, I love "Song of the Sea!"

Sounds very sexy.

I think this name is absolutely beautiful with a good meaning.

My mum wishes that she named me this. Grateful she didn't, it would have been a pain with my lisp. Very pretty name though.

I love the way it's pronounced but it is way too difficult to an English speaker. I like Sorsha. I like Seersha too but I dislike the "Seer" part. This is truly a beautiful name.

My daughter's name is Saoirshe. She is 7. I think she loves her name but I do worry if she will always love it having to correct so many people. We live in the US. Her middle names are Brave Rose. Saoirshe Brave Rose. I felt like the adding the “h” was an act of grace lol. But otherwise didn’t want to change the spelling too much. I hope she always will love it. It’s as beautiful a name as she is.

Gorgeous name- that like Siobhan (shuh-VAHN), Sinead (shuh-NAYD), and Naimh (neev)- would lose much in any Anglicised transliteration. Part of the charm of these names are the native spellings. If you're going to go for this name, go full tilt, understand that its phonics are correct for its native language, and don't demolish it with some illiterate, chav-looking spelling like 'Seersha.' To me, Seersha for Saoirse is the equivalent of A'Livyah for Olivia.

Sounds nice and has a great meaning, but I think it is better spelled Seersha in non-Irish countries. Nothing says freedom like spelling a name however you want, instead of doing what’s proper!

Too difficult to pronounce in America.

That name should work its way outside the Anglosphere.

Very pretty, but I'm sure it's going to get mispronounced and misspelled a lot.

Looks very pretty! I love the spelling of Saoirse.

Does anyone else think it looks like seahorse at first glance?

This is my name and I like it a lot but I've had it butchered terribly: yesterday, somebody called me "sawrs" (think "sauce" in an exaggerated British accent). It's SEER-shə.

My name is Saoirse and people have asked how to spell it so you can understand it. My mother spelt it as sairsha. But it's pronounced the same.

I have a friend with this name and we call her 'see-sha'! It should be pronounced Sir-sha' but our bogus Australian accents beg to differ.

Fell in love with the name Saoirse after watching the animated movie Song of the Sea. Spelling would be difficult but then again many still spell and mispronounce my name which is simpler in comparison to Saoirse. Though not Irish, I would consider naming my daughter Saoirse.

What is with this name on boys? Seoirse is a masculine name, but Saoirse is a completely feminine name? I like it for a girl.

Saoirse was the only name my husband and I could agree on for a girl while I was pregnant. We watched Song of the Sea and we both fell in love with it, both the sound of it and the meaning. Living in America, I always have to explain the pronunciation and spelling, but that's okay. After her first pediatrician appointment when the nurse called us back with a, "Say-o-irs?" I decided that I have to teach my daughter that if someone says a name starting with an S and ending with a question mark, it's probably her!

Being the American that I am, when I first saw this name I thought it was supposed to be pronounced say-OY-ers! But the true pronunciation is so lovely! I don't think I would name my child this, though, because no one would know how to say it, but I would definitely use this for a character.

Hope no 2 legged Saoirses are offended, but I have chosen this name for my new service dog in training. I chose it because of its beauty and meaning, as he will provide freedom for me to navigate, but also because of its unusual pronunciation and spelling. If a passerby hears me address my service dog with a common name, they can pick up on the name and distract him by using it. I know it is usually a girls name, but I doubt very much that the male puppy will care. Then, if I am asked his name, I give out a more usual "public" name which he never hears in training. In this day and age of predators, I would think the unusual name for a child would have the same advantage.

My Saoirse Aurelia was born on January 1st, 2013. I'm Filipino and my husband has Irish roots. We decided on an Irish name when my father in law passed away a couple of weeks before she was born, so he never got a chance to meet her (he's met my oldest, Alethea). We pronounce it Sair-sha, and paired it with Aurelia since that was my late grandmother's name who I was very close to. We live in the U.S. and have had people ask about pronunciation, but we live in a diverse city that other people and teachers have heard of the name Saoirse before. Plus, I'm used to people not pronouncing my name correctly (I get called the herb Rosemary a lot, it's Rosemarie).

I'm from Ireland and we named our daughter Saoirse (which we pronounce Seer-Sha) in 1996. Her middle name is Meabh. We live in the U.S. And it can take a few tries for people to spell it and pronounce it initially. I understand that well as I have the same problem with my name. The teachers, when my daughter was in school, were great and mastered it quickly. I could never imagine her called anything else.

A very beautiful name!

Wow. This is such a beautiful and refreshing name! I am amazed that it means "freedom". The Irish origin is awesome. All in all, Saoirse is a brill name. :)

Ever since I saw the movie "THE LOVELY BONES" and I saw this name spelled "SAOIRSE" I had a gut feeing it wasn't pronounced as it looked but I didn't know how to pronounce it and I didn't want to try! It wasn't until I started to learn the Gaeilge "Gway-ilGuh" in most cases "OI" made a long "E" sound. I'm also a fan of Eithne Ni Bhraonain "EN-YA Nee Vree-nine" the famed New Age Gaeilge Ceol artist. The "AO" in Her last name is also a long "E" I did eventually look the name up here to get the answer and it made perfect sense that it's pronouced "SEA-R-Shuh"!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this name, hence why I named my one and only child this name. I'm not Irish, I have to pronounce it 7 times to everyone new I meet, and I'm pretty much the only person in her world that pronounces it properly. (I pronounce it Seer-sha). Most people just pronounce it Ser-sha. Her full name is Saoirse Amy Willow ( + surname).

I've always loved this name so we decided if we ever had another daughter we would call her Saoirse. My little girl was born this February but she was 16 weeks early. Saoirse was perfect for a preemie. She certainly wanted her freedom:) The nurses in the NICU had a hard time at first with the pronunciation but everyone commented on how beautiful it was!

Saoirse is a beautiful name, proud and strong yet feminine. My Father named me Cerisa pronouned SEER-E-Sa which is the anglicized version.

I love this name. I named my daughter Saoirse when she was born in 1998. We pronounce it Sair-sha and while it has been difficult from time to time... it is worth it to me, and now to her. She loves her name. I have read some other comments where there has been a question of pairing it with a middle name, I found this to be a bit challenging too and we settled on Irene for her middle name. Of course, I have become accustomed to it... and now it suits her and seems to flow right out when the "full name" from mom moments happen. :)

I just discovered this name, and I think it's so beautiful and graceful, yet strong and full of personality. The meaning and sound are lovely too.

My daughter is 3 months old and I've called her Saoirse. I live in New Zealand however I'm from Ireland. We haven't ruled moving back to Ireland some day so I couldn't let the pronunciation bother us! We didn't know the gender and the name came to us after she was born which is much better as once you see your baby it's much easier to give her a name I think. My partner thought of Sorcha which is also Irish and Sasha which is English as another name so we compromised! I wanted a name that wasn't too popular and that couldn't be shortened! Everyone loves the name and I hope every other Saoirse is as happy and smiley as mine.

Strong, gorgeous name. I think a good combination is "Saoirse Lee."

This is a lovely name! It's one of the finest I've ever heard. If I ever have a daughter someday, this will be my first choice, and if I could rename myself, I would use this one. Beautiful name.

I love this name. Original, has a beautiful meaning and is beautiful sounding. I'm approximately 1/4 Irish and I'm very proud of the fact that I have ancestry from Ireland, and thus I adore Irish names. Saoirse is just so pretty, and would be lovely on a little girl and a grown woman.

I like this name a lot. The spelling looks so cool and classy. I'd definitely use it if I was Irish.

I love this name. I'd probably pronounce it SEER-sha. I'd probably only use it for a child if I actually lived in Ireland, though. Giving your children unpronounceable names in America is not the best idea, to me.

A beautiful name with a beautiful feminine sound and an even more beautiful meaning: I just have to hope that if I name a daughter this that she never leaves Ireland, because the rest of the world has not a clue how it's said!

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Additionally, you can see it painted on walls, murals etc in Republican areas of Belfast, where I live. As someone mentioned, it was something of a slogan for the Republican movement (as much as the word "freedom" alone can be a slogan). So it's also a name with history, I suppose you could say. :)

This name is so cute for a girl. It's unique, pretty, and looks quite powerful in spelling, I think. Very good name.

I love the meaning. Saoirse America. It's pretty.

I love this name. If I ever chose it for a child, I think I'd have it pronounced 'SEER-sha', but I think people would probably struggle with the pronunciation.

I love this name, and hope I can use it someday despite the difficult spelling. Though it seems a hard name to put a middle name with. I think something like "Faith" or "Joy," or especially "Grace" would go pretty with a name that means "freedom."

I personally love this name! I love it pronounced either way and although the spelling really throws people off, I would name my daughter this someday. I think I would pronounce it Sair-sha.

Wow, this is a cool name, but if it's really pronounced SEER-sha, which is absolutely beautiful, I don't think there are going to be too many people who can pronounce that correctly.

I love this name. It's gorgeous and its meaning is lovely.