Mystery Gaelic name, starts with S...

My husband came home from work excitedly telling me of a pretty Gaelic girl’s name he found. Although he can’t remember. It starts with an S…and then it’s either an a, o, or e…and there’s maybe an r or an n or an i…

Any ideas??

(totally sweet of him to share his first name discovery with me, I will overlook his neglect to write it down :wink: )

Was it any of these:

Seàrlaid SHAWR lutch
Sidheag SHEE ak
Sìleas SHEE lus
Slàine SLAW nyeh
Slàinidh SLAW nee
Slàinte SLAWN tcheh
[name]Saoirse[/name] “sear + sha”
[name]Shauna[/name] “shaw + na”
[name]Sheenagh[/name] “she + na”
Sibeal “shib + ale” [name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Sile[/name], Sheelagh “she + la”
[name]Sinead[/name] “shin + aid”
[name]Siobhan[/name] “shiv + awn”
[name]Sorcha[/name] “sor + aka” or “surk + ha”

It sounds like it might be [name]Saoirse[/name]? Which I’ve heard is pronounced SEER-sha and SAIR-shah. It’s pretty, but a bit too unusual for me. Until you listed some of the letters involved, I thought it might be [name]Sinead[/name], too.

My guesses would be either [name]Saoirse[/name] or [name]Siobhan[/name].

I’m gonna guess [name]Saoirse[/name] as well.

Yeah, most likely it’s [name]Saoirse[/name]

I thought “[name]Saoirse[/name]” right away. My friend’s baby is named [name]Saoirse[/name], it’s such a pretty name :slight_smile:

Yep, another one who thinks it’s [name]Saoirse[/name]. :slight_smile:
[name]Love[/name] the name BTW!!!

My best bet would be [name]Saoirse[/name].

Was it [name]Sadhbh[/name]? Pronounced like “sive” (rhymes with five)

Thanks for all the input! He’s such a man, he literally can’t remember, although when I said [name]Saoirse[/name] he said “uh…sure!” and when I said [name]Siobhan[/name] he said NO! so I guess that narrows it down =) We’ve only just barely-not-really started looking at names (although I’ve been keeping a list since forever) so I don’t really know his naming style yet.