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[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I'm really curious as to what you guys think of the names

Esmé
Sorcha (SOHR-ra)

I personally like the latter better, but the former is pretty nice.

My mum says Sorcha is terrible, especially if you ever try to apologise to her.

Comments

[greeneyednobody.livejournal.com]

I've always loved the name Esmé. Not too sure about Sorcha, though.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Esmé's really nice.
Haha, I don't know what else to say.

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

i love esme

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Isn't it beautiful?

[lacuna.livejournal.com]

Sorcha can also be pronounced Sor-ka, though, and that would be the favoured pronunciation in some parts of Ireland. I quite like that pronunciation, but find Sor-ha a bit limp.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd never heard Sor-ka before.
That's actually pretty nice.

Why would it be the favoured pronunciation, just out of curiousity?

[lacuna.livejournal.com]

I think it's just regional variations - some parts will be more familiar with one pronunciation than another. I'd hazard a guess that places with a higher proportion of Irish speakers or more of a Gaelic influence would favour Sor-ha, as it looks like the more Irish pronunciation (like Meadbh/Niamh being Meve/Neve). That's just speculation, though.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Sorka makes me think of Orca like a whale...

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

My friend says the same thing.
She hates the -cha because it'd mess her up.

[imaloserbabyxx.livejournal.com]

If it's pronounced "Sore-ah" then WHY does there need to be a C in there?
Why not just... Sora?

I like Sora though, and Esme (little thingy on top of the E) is cute as well.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Sora's the Japanese version, and my best friend likes that better.
And Sorcha's Irish.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

So many -ora endings, I like Sorcha better.

Sora, Nora, Cora, Flora, Thora

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Sorcha is a great name if your mother is Queen Bavmorda

;) j/k that was Sorsha

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Haha, that totally went right over my head because I have no idea who those people are. :)

[cottonrain.livejournal.com]

For me, Sorcha would sound like SOR-SHA. Which reminds me of slush, don't know why.

Sora is pretty, though. She was my favourite in Digimon. Had red hair ;)

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

You talk like you don't know me on here!

Again with the -oras.
Too many for me.

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

I like them both. I would pronounce Sorcha as "Sorsha," but I'm not sure that's right.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

No, it can be, but it's more commonly said, 'SOHR-ra', or, as I've just learned recently, 'SOHR-ka'.

[erica-alexis.livejournal.com]

I love them both but I prefer Esmé as Esmée. I think or Esmé as masculine.

Because I hate making mistakes

[erica-alexis.livejournal.com]

*of Esmé

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I went to primary school with a girl named Sorcha, and she pronounced it as SOH-RA-KA.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

I heard Sorcha is said like SUR a kha.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

We love Esme, probably going to use it as a middle name for our next daughter or save it as a first name for a third daughter. We want to put it with the first name we've picked out, but we like it so much we might rather have it as a first name. Sorcha is pretty, but I don't know if it goes well with English.. sounds like it'd be prettier in conjunction with a romance language.