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[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

Pick a favorite, just for the hell of it:

Saoirse Camille
Saoirse Clementine
Saoirse Ruby
Saoirse Genevieve
Saoirse Felicity
Saoirse Seraphine


(p.s. If you aren't familiar with the name Saoirse, it's pronounced seer-sha and is a Gaelic word for "freedom." I am aware that it's grafitti-ed all over Dublin by Irish nationalists; I doubt I'll ever live anywhere outside of Louisiana, much less overseas or in the UK, so I think I'd be safe using it. Getting people to pronounce and spell it correctly would be a whole other hassle, but for now let's just pretend that people aren't assholes. Pick your favorite combination!)

Comments

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like saoirse camille. i do love the name ruby though.

[ships-sail.livejournal.com]

ruby.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

I concur.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

so, um, are you going to just be obnoxious or are you going to offer more "suitable" suggestions?

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I like Genevieve (if pronounced the French way and not the American-ized way) and Camille.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

in louisiana (at least in my family) we kind of pronounce all french names (and even some not-french names!) the french way. i agree with you on that preference.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

i don't think any of those go very well, but clementine would be my first (and only) choice of what you have listed. i think a one syllable name would go best with that one.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

got any suggestions? i don't think i like any one-syllable names that come to mind.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Good! lol, I've loved it ever since I read Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Is there any names of gaelic origin that are common like the middle names you have up there? The middle names listed above all seem to be too much from a different language origin to go with Saoirse [like Genevieve = French]. I think Saoirse would sound better paired with something more 'gaelic' sounding I guess?

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

haha, teeny is based on an acquaintance's grandmother, genevieve on her great-grandmother. i really don't care for that book and how hard it tries to prove its authenticity.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

if i had any, i would've offered them right away. :P i can't think of many 1 syllable names i like either. here, this might help:
http://momtokat-ivil.tripod.com/id4.html

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

oh, to me, that's a little too over-the-top, like screaming, "hey, i'm irish!!" (and i'm not.) i don't go for that matchy-match thing.

thanks, though.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

*teensy

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

thanks! of that list, i like jane and wren. i also love briar, but pronounce it with two syllables.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

That's why I was thinking a 'common' 'irish-sounding' middle name... that's sort of 'americanized'.. Just not something blatantly from another origin. It doesn't have to be matchy-matchy.. but IMO the names up there just don't sound right together.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

ooh, also blythe.


saoirse blythe.

hm. it's a little over-the-top, but i'll roll it around for a while and see if i warm to it a little more.

[hygher.livejournal.com]

I like it with Ruby best

[ships-sail.livejournal.com]

the first name screams "i am so irish you will not believe it" already, so why not just go with the trend? it'll flow better, too.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

yeah, i'm not sure the person who made that list quite knows what a syllable is. i mean, how to you say "gia" in one syllable. GYA! Nope, I can't do it.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

mm, i've never been big on the kelly/patrick/megan/molly/omgi'msoirish thing.

anyway, i understand that the names don't "go" together to you. the woman who commented above seemed so authoritative; i just have to know where she got her certification as a name scholar!

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

1) i'm not irish
2) i don't want to
3) i don't like the name Saoirse because it is irish
4) i don't want to

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

I don't think it gets more omgi'msoirish than the name you're asking about.. it's so Irish that I *am* part Irish and had no clue how to pronounce it..

But I also agree with a comment below about a one syllable middle name sounding better. Jane would be a nice pairing I think.

[tigress-oils.livejournal.com]

i guess what i mean is--people who are actually irish-american tend to use names that signify that heritage. i am not irish, and i do not enjoy the name Saoirse because it is irish. i love its sound, i love the way it looks, i love its meaning. i love that it isn't even really a name--it's a word for "freedom" in an ancient language.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Lol seriously... same thing with 'Lia' and 'Mia'.. and isn't 'Lourdes' 2 syllables?.. I know it isn't pronounced 'Lords'