Irish names in the US?

[Mand 1]

Are there any Irish on here with very normal Irish names (in Ireland), but not normal at all outside of Ireland? How do people manage with your name and do you get tired of correcting people if it's often mis-pronounced?

Our girls have very normal Irish names, but they are pronounced completely different to how they are written. We love their names and hope they will too, but a little part of me worries that they'll spend the rest of their life correcting pronunciations.

Their names are Sinéad and Róisín - how would the non-Irish people here pronounce those? I'll tell you the right way in a bit

Edited September 21, 2009 by Mand

[BigBubble 1]

Are there any Irish on here with very normal Irish names (in Ireland), but not normal at all outside of Ireland? How do people manage with your name and do you get tired of correcting people if it's often mis-pronounced?

Our girls have very normal Irish names, but they are pronounced completely different to how they are written. We love their names and hope they will too, but a little part of me worries that they'll spend the rest of their life correcting pronunciations.

Their names are Sinéad and Róisín - how would the non-Irish people here pronounce those? I'll tell you the right way in a bit

No idea about Irish names. I guess I would pronouce it like: Sined and Roisyn

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I think people will know "Shinade" because of Sinead O'Connor - "Rosheen" will have problems, I'm sure!

I know an Irish Sinead here in LA and she doesn't have too many problems, it seems. Here friend Saoirse is not so lucky. I grew up with a girl called Siobhan and she was always correcting people.

[Mand 1]

Trompe Le Monde you got it

I love the name Saoirse!

[Krikit 1,165]

Shin-Aid

Ro-sheen

I know someone named Róisín! I love the gaelic spellings.

My son's name is Ciarán. (But it's not spelt that way.) Guesses anyone? lol

NO one here can pronounce my name. Drives me nuts.

Haha. Looks like I took a long time to post! Trompe beat me to it.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Trompe Le Monde you got it

I love the name Saoirse!

So do I! I also love the name Roisin and thought I might name my daughter that should I ever have one.

[Otto 83]

I can tell you from experience - I am constantly spelling and/or pronouncing my name (not Irish, but..) I've heard all the jokes/puns - hated the name growing up, but in the end, its nice having a unique name as an adult.

[*JG* 2]

Are there any Irish on here with very normal Irish names (in Ireland), but not normal at all outside of Ireland? How do people manage with your name and do you get tired of correcting people if it's often mis-pronounced?

Our girls have very normal Irish names, but they are pronounced completely different to how they are written. We love their names and hope they will too, but a little part of me worries that they'll spend the rest of their life correcting pronunciations.

Their names are Sinéad and Róisín - how would the non-Irish people here pronounce those? I'll tell you the right way in a bit

Sinead as in Sinead O'Connor the singer? Shin Aid. Right?

No idea on the other.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. My maiden name was very german and people mispronounced it all the time. I got tired of saying the "h" is silent or t-h-e-i-s is like tice not thesis. Eventually, you just answer to anything when it's not important in the least.

[Otto 83]

Eventually, you just answer to anything when it's not important in the least.

Amen...

[TBoneTX 46,173]

Eventually, you just answer to anything when it's not important in the least.

Si, man. -- signed, Seamus Aloysius Ti-Boahne (Shaymus Allooishus T-B.)

[Carlawarla 1]

Shin-Aid

Ro-sheen

I know someone named Róisín! I love the gaelic spellings.

My son's name is Ciarán. (But it's not spelt that way.) Guesses anyone? lol

NO one here can pronounce my name. Drives me nuts.

Haha. Looks like I took a long time to post! Trompe beat me to it.

Kee-rawn?

My daughter's is a variation of Ciara

Kee-raw, spelled Kiera

Edited September 21, 2009 by Carlawarla

[hxxrmonkey 0]

My hubby's last name is O'Crualaoich (Crowley). He has to use the Irish spelling for legal reasons so I have to spell it and pronounce it multiple times. Sometimes I just say Crowley, but then people get confused. I love Irish names, we'll probably use Eibhlln (his Mother's name) for a daughter if we decide to have kids. She'll just have to deal with it, we'll teach her to be proud of her heritage!

[Autumnchik 6]

I love Irish names. Hubby and I named our son Declan. To us, seemed pretty straightforward and didn't think people could mess it up as much as they do.

More often than not, people call him "Deee Clan", emphasis on the Dee.

[Old Dominion 26]

Many American families give children Gaelic names not because of any connection with the Irish, but because it is pleasant to hear...as are other Celtic tongues.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I'd pronounce them "How do you say this?".

My full name is amusing. Americans have a hard time with my first name, but not my last. Germans have a hard time with my last name, but not my first.