Quiz: Bet You Can't Correctly Pronounce All Of These Irish Names

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How well can you pronounce Irish names?

From names like Cian to Aoife and Caoimhe, don't forget the hard 'c' when pronouncing these common Irish names.

Emily McWey

Oct 18, 2017

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1 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Aoife'.

A-fee

Ee-fa

Oh-fee

2 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Caoimhe'.

Kee-va or kwee-va

Cow-he

Cow-im-he

3 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Maeve'.

May-ve

Mee-ve

Meh-ve

4 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Prounounce, 'Niamh'.

N-eye-vah

Neev

Name

5 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Saoirse'.

Say-or-see

Seer-sha

Say-or-s

6 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Sinead'.

sin-eed

sin-aid

shi-nayd

7 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Cian'.

Keen

Kee-an

Si-an

8 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Cillian'.

Kill-ee-an

Sil-ee-on

Sil-ee-an

9 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Daithi'.

Dah-hee

Die-ah-thi

Die-thee

10 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Eoin'.

O-en

Ee-in

Eh-een

11 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Oisin'.

Oi-sin

Eye-sign

Uh-sheen

12 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Seamus'.

Shay-mus

Sea-muss

Say-muss

13 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Sean'.

K-ahn

Sh-een

Shawn

14 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Siobhan'.

Shi-vawn

Shi-vox

Shi-voon

15 of 15Pick the correct pronunciation!

Pronounce, 'Caena'.

See-nah

Kenna

Kay-nah

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