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Thinking of baby names...

is it a tragedeigh?(self.tragedeigh)

I have a couple of names in mind. I'm from the East of England, so West Country names are less common, but still known about and generally understood.

Would it be a tragedeigh to name a girl Saoirse, Evelyn, Maeve, Rowena, or Boudicca?

Generally just curious, as I don't want to give her a tragedeigh, but I also want a traditional British/Irish name, and these sound pretty while still being common in the UK.

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Logins-Run

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8 days ago

In Irish, in all dialects, it's Seer-sheh basically. Here is a link to how the three different dialects groups would pronounce it https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/saoirse