How do you pronounce the following Irish name?

It would be appricated if non-Irish people answered this. My sister is thinkin about callin her child Mair茅ad but i don't think people will be able to pronounce her name. She lives in Australia so i just want to see how people would prononce it

How do you pronounce the following Irish name?
depends what part of Ireland you're in. Where i'm from its


MAR (to rhyme with star)


ADE (to rhyme with laid)


and heres the important bit at the end theres a TH sound - like you were going to say THE but stopped short!


MAR ADE TH





Its a complex language!
Reply:dude that sounds weird, i am a south african living in Ireland bit that's weird! maybe i'm stoned
Reply:If I would have to guess how to pronounce it with out anyone telling me, it would be: " my - riad "
Reply:After how many drinks?
Reply:May-ree-odd???
Reply:i'm scottish and i would say ''maw-raid''
Reply:I suppose it would sound like Mirade. (say it as I've spelled it)
Reply:Ma red?





I think who ever is around her alot will just learn to pronounce it the way your sister wants it pronounced. Or it will get shortened to a nickname.





My daughter was adamant that her first born would Only be called Dylan. Nothing else. Well now nearly 7 years later she is calling him Dyl and sometime Pickle.....
Reply:['ma(upside-down r)i(lower apostrophe)ad]





Or "mah-ree-ad", if you will.
Reply:mahr-AYD?
Reply:mAr-aid' softer on the ending
Reply:I'd pronounce it Ma (as sounds in mat) ree (as sounds in reed) then add maree-add but I'm Cumbrian English, you dont say where you are from but that is Gaelic and Scots in origin. I checked to make sure. an Irish or Welsh speaker would be closer to me in the correct pronunciation and My Scottish roots are all busy so I can't hear how they would pronounce it? You said your daughter lived in Australia you didn't say she was born there did you? you also don't say where you are from or even where you live. I can't guess, just because you write in English. You don't actually give us your pronounciation?
Reply:i prononce myraid, my sisters name is the one you said,
Reply:It's Irish for Margaret.I won't say how it's pronounced as you asked me not to.
Reply:It's also used in Scotland,where it's pronounced either Maared or Myred(with a soft 'R' and the 'D' like a soft 'TH' in English words like 'the' and 'that',depending on where you come from.
Reply:My parents are Irish and I spent a lot of time in Ireland while growing up and have no idea hpw to pronounce it
Reply:Mor-aid, there's about 5 Maireads in my family lol