Saoirse

Where Saoirse comes from

Borrowed from Irish Saoirse, from saoirse (“freedom”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Saoirse
  • Irish
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1993
    First appearance
    #13,442 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Saoirse Ronan born
    Irish-American actress
  3. 1999
    Saoirse Noonan born
    Irish footballer
  4. 2020
    Peak, #732
    373 babies named Saoirse — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Saoirse Ronan · Irish-American actress, born 1994
  • Saoirse Noonan · Irish footballer, born 1999
  • Saoirse McHugh · Irish politician

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.