Saoirse Name Meaning & Origin
Saoirse
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- Comments and insights on the name Saoirse
Saoirse is a beautiful, uncommon, luminous name for a baby girl. Pronounced Seer-shuh.
- Personal experiences with the name Saoirse
This name is growing in popularity in the US. Since giving my daughter this name I have come across 6 other little girls named Saoirse. Sair-Sha does seem to be a more popular pronounciation then Seer-Sha. Though I have been told that even in Ireland the pronounciation varies depending on the area.
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We have a three year old daughter called Saoirse, we really adore her & we think the name suits her 100%, the common abbreviations seem to be 'Sersh' or 'Search', and the only concern we have with the name is the strong republican connection/connotation, which we were were blissfully unaware of when we named her!
We still love the name though )
- Nicknames for Saoirse
Seer, Seerie.
Sairsh
- Meanings and history of the name Saoirse
Meaning: Freedom, liberty.
- Famous real-life people named Saoirse
Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
Saoirse Róisín Hill (1997-2019), daughter of Irish activist Paul Hill and Courtney Kennedy. She was Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter.- Saoirse in song, story & screen
The movie "Song of the Sea" the main character is a little girl named Saoirse.
This name is pure Irish Gaelic, but that doesn't mean it's traditional. Saorise is the Gaelic word for freedom, which patriotic Irish parents adopted as a girl's name starting in the 20th Century. Most Americans who know the name met it in the form of actress Saoirse Ronan.
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