New Name

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I posted a few months ago about the need for my daughter to have a first name starting with the letter "C" and followed by the middle name of Marie (that's how my mom and I are named and I'd like to follow traddition). First I liked Clara, then Charlotte, then, most recently, Caoimhe (Kee-va). However, I'm in the U.S. and that is where my future children will be brought up sometime in the future, most probably, and I realize that Caoimhe is an unrealistic first name for a little American girl. My new favorite C name: Ciara. (Prn. Kee-ah-ra.) What are your thoughts? Like it? Hate it? Any nicknames or bad connotations or anything you can think of? Is it too difficult to pronounce based on the spelling? How does it sound with Marie? Anything else you would like to share?

Any feedback you can give is more than appreciated.

Comments

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

You can name your kids whatever you want, but if this matters to you, no American teacher is going to know how to pronounce Caoimhe. She may or may not mind correcting her (my mom, who loves Irish names, told me that she would've loved to name me Siobhan. As a child I would've taken GREAT pleasure in saying "it's SHA-VON" every year).

I think Ciara Marie is pretty, my only qualm with the name is that singer name Ciara. I would hate for anyone to assume that I named my kid after her (even though I think she's okay). I honestly like Clara and Charlotte better (Charlotte Marie is really pretty).

[unmowngrass.livejournal.com]

Sha-von? Really?

In England, I've been told that Siobhan is Shiv-orn. (Never having met one personally I can't get it from the horse's mouth, so to speak.)

But anyway, strange...

[skate97.livejournal.com]

Again, though, this all does depend on where the OP lives. Siobhan is pretty common where I live as well. But my SIL, who's name is Erin, had a hard time getting people to pronounce her name correctly when she lived in Virginia for a year. Everyone told her they'd never met a girl named Aaron before.