Boy's name
Naoise
“NEE-sha”
uncertain
Why it is said that way
Built exactly like Laoise: ao is ee, the s before e is sh. NEE-sha.
- s before e or i → sh
- ao → ee, or ay in Munster
The story behind the name
Naoise was the young warrior who fled to Scotland with Deirdre against the king's will, and was killed by treachery on his return to Emain Macha. One of the great doomed lovers of European literature, and a name only recently revived.
Where the name belongs
Famous people with this name
- Naoise Dolan (born 1992) — Irish Novelist
- Naoise Ó Muirí (born 1972) — Irish politician
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Naoise on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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