How do you pronounce the name Saoirse?
What is the English name for Saoirse?
The word saoirse, meaning ‘freedom’: inscription, Garden of Remembrance, Dublin.
Saoirse (given name)
| Gender | Feminine |
| Language(s) | Irish |
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | “freedom” |
How do you pronounce Maeve in Irish?
Maeve. Many people named Maeve are used to despairing when even their closest friends manage to mispronounce or misspell their name. And to be fair, there’s an awful lot of vowels to get your head around here. The correct pronunciation of this traditional name meaning ‘she who intoxicates’ or ‘great joy’, is ‘may-veh’.
How do you pronounce the Irish name Caoimhe?
A fairly common feminine name in Ireland, Caoimhe is pronounced kee-va and comes from the Irish caomh, meaning dear or noble. It originates from the same root as the masculine name Caoimhín (pronounced kee-veen).