HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THE FOLLOWING

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Keira
Kiera
Ciara
Kiara
Kira
Chiara

Peronally, I pronounce them all except Keira and Chiara like Ciaran without the "n" (like, Keera) unless told otherwise. Chiara I pronouce like Key-ah-ra and Keira I pronounce like Keira Knightley does, Key-air-uh. However I am 99% sure I'm prounouncing half of them wrong.

PS are they all forms of Claire?

Comments

[la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com]

Kee - Era
Kee - Era
See - Era
Kee - Era
Keer - Uh
Kee - Era

[la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com]

at least, that's how I would pronounce all of them

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

At first glance, I would say:

Keira KEER-uh
Kiera KEER-uh
Ciara Sierra
Kiara Key-ARE-uh
Kira Kee-RAH
Chiara Key-ARE-uh

I'm sure I'm saying a few of them wrong. Personally, I can't stand any sort of "Keira" name, to me they all sound trashy.

[xo-inthered.livejournal.com]

Haha, as someone cursed with a "Keira" name, I totally agree.
It's worse when it's paired with "Lea", as parents around my area are wont to do.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I pronounce all of them KEER-uh, except for Chiara, which I've never heard before.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

KEER-ah = Kiera, Keira, Kira
key-AH-rah = Kiara, Chiara

I don't know how to pronounce Ciara. either KEER-ah or KEE-ah-rah, I suppose.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Chiara is Italian, so the chi definitely makes a "kee" sound.

[yourcrowbar.livejournal.com]

keira knightley pronounces her name like "keer-uh"

i used to work with a girl named kiera, & i thought it was pronounced like "keer-uh" but it's actually pronounced "kee-air-uh"

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I pronounce them all Keer-uh, except for Ciara and Kiara which I pronounce Kee-are-uh, but I do pronounce Ciaran Keer-an, so it's kinda messed up on my part. I think the pron. of Kiara I got from Lion King 2, which I believe is one of the lions names, but I've never actually seen the movie, so I do not even know if that is the pron. they use. I just remember when I was in 7th grade and the movie came out and that was how I pronounced the name at that age.

[sonrisaparami.livejournal.com]

Keer-uh
Kee-err-uh
See-err-uh
Kee-ar-uh
Keera
Chee-ar-uh but I have no idea what it's supposed to be.

[sonrisaparami.livejournal.com]

err=air

[applesnpairs.livejournal.com]

Keira- KEER-uh
Kiera- KEER-uh
Ciara- KEE-ruh
Kiara- KEE-ar-uh
Kira- KEER-uh
Chiara- CHEE-ar-uh

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Keira - Keer-uh
Kiera - Keer-uh
Ciara - See-aire-uh
Kiara - Kee-are-uh
Kira - Kee-ruh
Chiara - Chee-are-uh

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

Keira - Keera
Kiera - Kee-air-a (because I grew up with a girl named that)
Ciara - Sierra or See-ar-a
Kiara - Kee-ar-a
Kira - Keera
Chiara - Kee-ar-a

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Keira- kee-air-ah
Kiera- kee-air-ah
Ciara- see-ar-ah
Kiara- kee-ar-ah
Kira- kee-rah
Chiara- chee-ar-ah

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce them all Keera except for Kiara anmd Chiara, which are Kee-ar-ah.

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

Keira - Keer-a
Kiera - Keer-a
Ciara - See-eh-ra (Which should also be Keer-a but I'm American and that's how I'm used to saying it)
Kiara - Kee-ah-ra
Kira - Keer-a
Chiara - Kee-ah-ra

[xo-inthered.livejournal.com]

Keira, Kiera & Ciara - Keer-ah.
Kiara, Chiara - Ki-ARE-ah.
Kira - Ki-rah.


...My name is Kirra, and I live in the shadow of Mt. Keira, so I'm very set in how names like that are said.
And they have nothing to do with Clare, they're either derived from Ciara - "Dark woman", which is derived from Ciaran, or they come from the Persian - "Light", Russian - "Sunshine" or Aboriginal - "Leaf".

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Interesting. But I'm actually 100% sure that at least Chiara is derived from Claire (Its the Italian version), so I was wondering if any others of them are.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I say the first four as keer-uh. Except for Chiara & Kira which are more like key-ruh.
Not entirely sure how anyone gets 'key-air-uh' from Keira (I am British, so hear the name in context of Ms. Knightley and otherwise)

Chiara is an Italian variation of Claire; the others aren't remotely close.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/chiara
http://www.behindthename.com/name/ciara (all other variants lead to that).
http://www.behindthename.com/name/kira

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

Keira- Ker-ah
Kiera-Ker-ah
Ciara- See-Ar-ah
Kiara- Key-Ar-ah
Kira - Key-rah
Chiara- Key-ah-rah?

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

XDXDXD I'm terrible at pronouncing things my sister always lectures me on her name and its just "Danielle"

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Keira - Kee-ruh
Kiera - Kee-ruh
Ciara - See-air-uh
Kiara - Kee-are-uh
Kira - Kee-ruh
Chiara - No idea

[missinfinity.livejournal.com]

the k ones=kara
the c ones=sara
chiara: really bad italian prn