Ciara

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Registered: 04-22-2005
Ciara
Sat, 04-30-2005 - 3:19pm

I've been seeing the name Ciara a lot lately, but was disappointed to find no one who was using the proper pronunciation..so far.

Does *everyone* mispronounce on this side of the world mispronounce it? If you are not familiar with it, It is a fairly common and beautiful Irish name and is pronounced Kyra. The male version is Ciaran. Same pronunciation, but with the n on the end. Some people try to avoid the obvious mistake most people will make and spell it Kiera or Keira - as in Keira Knightly (the actress in Pirates of the Carribean, King Arthur, bend it like beckham, etc)

Just curious and hoping the true pronunciation will catch on.