How to pronounce Deirdre?

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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Verdun, Quebec, Canada

   Slow

DEER - as in "doe, a deer, a female deer"
druh - 'u' in druh is pronounced as 'u' in up


Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Irish

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

broken-hearted, sorrowful


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Missoula, Montana, US

   Slow

Deirdre is pronounced as

d EE - er - d r uh

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
er sounds like the 'ur' in 'hurt'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d EE - er - d r uh ]

d EE - er - d r uh
do see   hurt   do rat up



Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

American English

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in San Angelo, Texas, US

   Slow

Deirdre is pronounced as

d ee - UH - d r uh

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d ee - UH - d r uh ]

d ee - UH - d r uh
do see   up   do rat up

Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

   Slow

Deer-dree


Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Mission Viejo, California

Deir: "dear"
dre: druh
DEAR-druh


Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

   Slow

Deirdre is pronounced as

d ee uh d r ee

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d ee uh d r ee ]

d ee uh d r ee
do see up do rat see

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Pronunciation of Deirdre in United States

   Slow

Deer-dray


Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

Dare-Draw like "Do you dare draw a gun?"


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

More in old Irish dialect.....D EAR DRA.


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in St Louis, MO

Deirdre is pronounced as

d EE eh th r(trilled) eh

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
th sounds like the 'th' in 'thin'


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d EE eh th r(trilled) eh ]

d EE eh th eh
do see pet thin pet

Type of Name:

First name

Language:

gaelic, irish

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

sorrow, dim, unknown


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in NSW, Australia

Deirdre is pronounced as

DEER dree


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ DEER dree ]

Type of Name:

First name

Language:

Irish

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

Sorrowful one


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Johannesburg, South Africa

   Slow

Dare - dray


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Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in United States

   Slow

Deirdre is pronounced as

d ee r - D R AI

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
ai sounds like the 'ai' in 'pain'


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d ee r - D R AI ]

d ee r - D R AI
do see rat   do rat pain

Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in san Bernardino, California, USA

Deirdre is pronounced as

D ai dr uh

d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
ai sounds like the 'ai' in 'pain'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ D ai dr uh ]

D ai uh
do pain up

Language:

Irish

Gender:

Female

Additional Information:

My Mother didn't know how to pronounce the name so she used one of the rules of english ie: "i" before "e" except before "c" or as sounded as "a" as in neighbor or weigh.


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

Deirdre is pronounced as

dee-dra


Deirdre is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ dee-dra ]

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Pronunciation of Deirdre in San Angelo, Texas, US

   Slow

Dee-uh-druh
dee - rhymes with see
uh - the phonetic pronunciation of an upside down e or schuaw which in turn is a soft a.


Type of Name:

First Name

Gender:

Female


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Boston, MA

DEE-uh-dree


Language:

Irish

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

Sorrowful woman


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

DARE-draw


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in St Louis, MO

De a th (trilled)r a


Type of Name:

First name

Language:

gaelic, irish

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

sorrow, dim, unknown


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in san Bernardino, California, USA

Day druh- uh pronounced as in "up"


Language:

Irish

Gender:

Female

Additional Information:

My Mother didn't know how to pronounce the name so she used one of the rules of english ie: "i" before "e" except before "c" or as sounded as "a" as in neighbor or weigh.


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in NSW, Australia

DEER dree


Type of Name:

First name

Language:

Irish

Gender:

Female

Meaning:

Sorrowful one


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

Dee-dra


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

Dear-Dree

Irish origin; this is one of two classic pronunciations.


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Pronunciation of Deirdre

"Dear" dre as pronounced in dream


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Pronunciation of Deirdre in Dighton Massachusetts USA

"Dear" dree


Type of Name:

first

Language:

Old Irish Gaelic

Meaning:

sorrowful one

Additional Information:

Heroine of old legends. Originally pronounced De air dree


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