Kira, Kyra, Kiara, Kiera
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Kira, Kyra, Kiara, Kiera
| Thu, 07-15-2004 - 12:15pm |
Am I the only one that pronounces all of these differently?
Kira/Keira - keer-ah
Kyra - ky-rah - ky rhymes with eye
Kiara - key-ahr-ah
Kiera - key-air-ah


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If Kyle is pronounced ky-l and not keel
and Kyla is pronounced ky-lah and not keel-ah
and Kyler is pronounced ky-ler (rhymes with Tyler)
I do agree with the pronunciations in your original posts! And I like the way you broke down the "kye" issue.
The other ones I pronounce the same as you.
Shannon
I actually went around at work on lunch and quizzed people. Kiera was said K-eer-ah mostly, although some folks just can't figure out what to say. I think it helped that some of these folks have had German and remember the rule about the two vowels : ) Keira is a spelling I would not recommend. I noticed that even someone famous like Keira Knightly has it spelled as Kiera in the news reports.
The Kira spelling gets the most consistent results. People say "K-eer-ah" 98% of the time. Of course , I am beginning to see more Ciara's which is Gaelic and pronounced K-eer-ah as well.
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