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Roisin

Meaning of the Irish name Roisin. Listen and learn how to pronounce Roisin so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.

MEANING: From the Latin name Rosa and means “little rose.” Records show that the name has been in use in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When the expression of Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed during Ireland’s troubled and turbulent past, the Irish bards would disguise their nationalistic verse as love songs. In the figure of Roisin Dubh (“Dark Rosaleen”), a Gaelic poem translated by James Clarence Mangan in 1835, the name became a poetic symbol of Ireland, reflecting the Irish tradition of disguising outlawed patriotic verse as love songs where she is told not to be downhearted for her friends are returning from abroad to come to her aid.

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GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Roisin

PRONUNCIATION: ro + sheen”

ENGLISH: Rosaleen



AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Roisin and read along with the meaning)

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