The name Sorcha is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "bright, shining". Sorcha and is often added to lists like Names That Mean Hope and discussed in our forums with posts like "Name sightings".
From the experts:
A popular Irish name virtually unknown here — with a pronunciation that's far from obvious. It's basically SOR-ca, but with a little hiccup between the 'r' and the 'c' that's near-impossible for the English speaker to reproduce. Other phonetic pronunciations given are sir-eh-ka, sur-aka and surk-ha. Spelled Sorsha, she is a major character in the movie Willow.
Comments
Floris Says:
snowsbeloved Says:
Lucky you...It IS a pretty cool name! I like Saoirse too!
SorchaRea Says:
Not to be self-serving or anything but I think this is a pretty cool name ;)
(and I say it as sor-sha too)
scblovesnames Says:
The more I look at this name, the more I love it. At first glance though I pronounced it: Sor-cha.
niteowl13 Says:
Sorsha is a much softer way of saying this name
lillian85 Says:
I knew someone with this name but she pronounced it sore-shuh
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I love (!!) this name :)
And if anybody needs help with the pronounciation the PronounciationHub has a useful youtube video... :)