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Help[Opinions] Saoirse
It's a classic Irish girl's name. I like the way it flows off the tongue. What do you think of it?
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It's so hard for me to say! It keeps coming out as either SHEER-shuh or SEER-suh. I just can't do SEER-shuh.
Aside from that, it's fine.
Aside from that, it's fine.
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I like Saoirse. This from a woman who would name dds Niamh and Aoife. ;-)
Saoirse was a little difficult for me to pronounce at first, "SEER-shuh." But once I got the hang of it it was easy.
There are other Irish "s" names I prefer: Sinead ("shi-NAYD"), Siobhan ("shuh-VAWN") and Siofra ("SHEE-fruh").
P.S. I'm sure you know how to pronounce these. The guides are for others reading this who might not know.
Saoirse was a little difficult for me to pronounce at first, "SEER-shuh." But once I got the hang of it it was easy.
There are other Irish "s" names I prefer: Sinead ("shi-NAYD"), Siobhan ("shuh-VAWN") and Siofra ("SHEE-fruh").
P.S. I'm sure you know how to pronounce these. The guides are for others reading this who might not know.
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Isn't 'SHEE-fruh' the name of the bad guy in Casino Royale?
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It's also pronounced the same as the Hebrew name Shifra. :-)
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I haven't seen the movie so I can't answer that. I'll try over at IMDB to see if they have the cast listed.
P.S. Good ol' IMBD.com. They list the villain as "Le Chiffre." Chiffre is the French word for number and probably where English gets the word cipher. In French, chiffre is pronounced almost the same way as Siofra. Good ears!
P.S. Good ol' IMBD.com. They list the villain as "Le Chiffre." Chiffre is the French word for number and probably where English gets the word cipher. In French, chiffre is pronounced almost the same way as Siofra. Good ears!
This message was edited 6/18/2008, 8:13 PM
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It's nice. But I don't think you could use it as a fn/given name outside of Ireland.
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I like the name, as well as the traditional spelling. In the U.S., some expectant mother would probably hear this name and change the spelling, but I think its beautiful the way it is.
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I agree about the flow
SEER-shuh... it's just so flowing and elegant, but not prissy. I also love the meaning, freedom. It's a very nice name.
SEER-shuh... it's just so flowing and elegant, but not prissy. I also love the meaning, freedom. It's a very nice name.
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I like it, both the sound and the meaning.
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