Saoirse
Saoirse is a girl name of Irish origin, ranked #66 in popularity, meaning Freedom, liberty.
What Saoirse means
Freedom, liberty.
Saoirse sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Saoirse comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Saoirse is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Saoirse?
Saoirse is ranked #66, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Saoirse
The thread we file Saoirse under is the Irish tradition — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Irish
Names like Saoirse
These share Saoirse's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sinead — God is gracious.
- Aoife — Beautiful; radiant.
- Maeve — She who intoxicates; queen.
- Niamh — Bright; radiant.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Eoin — God is gracious.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Lorcan — Little fierce one.
- Ronan — Little seal.
- Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.