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[familyrodriguez.livejournal.com]

How do YOU spell the name "KEER-uh"?

Keira
Kiera
Kira
Or some other way?

ETA: I was skimming over my "50,001 Best Baby Names" tonight and was extremely disappointed and infuriated to find the name "Moon Unit" listed in the girls names section. WTF! Does anyone else have this book? Please tell me this was some kind of mistake or misprint?! Now I know why this book was on clearance for $2.99 at my local Walden Books when I purchased it.

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[giveitfullheart.livejournal.com]

Keira

[sarahmarie.livejournal.com]

Kera or Keira

[loanwords.livejournal.com]

Kira is actually one of my top two names for a future daughter. My fiance and I have to come up with names that are easy for both my American family and his Japanese family. But Kira isn't pronounced quite the same as the others. Key-ra, not Kehr-uh.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Keira, then Kyra.

[epic-cathedral.livejournal.com]

Kira.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Kira or Keira

Kiera is kee AIR uh

[heatherpantss.livejournal.com]

My mom's dog is named Kira.

[g-unit-kat.livejournal.com]

That was my dogs name as well [:

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

Not sure if you know, but Moon Unit (Unit is her middle name) is the name of one of Frank Zappa's daughters. Which doesn't make it any better, of course.

[familyrodriguez.livejournal.com]

It really doesn't make it any better, you're right.

If Angelina Jolie adopts a baby and names it Fart, does that magically thrust it into legitimacy to where it is listed in baby books as a "best baby name"?

*sigh*

What a corrupt world we live in.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Pilot Inspektor, anyone?

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

LAWLS. If Angelina named her kid Fart you know there'd be a wave of little Farts in the birth announcements.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Kira.

I've had baby books include some pretty atrocious names. Maybe they included Moon Unit because, as someone commented above, it's Frank Zappa's daughter's name.

[familyrodriguez.livejournal.com]

How pathetic is our society if someone famous can name their baby something completely ridiculous and that alone makes it a legitimate name.

How wrong.

[familyrodriguez.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean for my reply above to come across as rude, I am just dissapointed in the world right now.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

That's not always the case. I'm not sure if Apple or Inspektor is going to make any lists.

Unfortunately, people feel like they can name their kids anything they want and it's "legitimate".

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Ciara is the correct way to spell it, but I understand why one would pick Kira too. The rest I don't like because they're too confusing.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

And Ciara as Kirr-uh isn't confusing?

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Its confusing, but its the original. I would personally pick Kira.

[mommyaubrey.livejournal.com]

i pronounce Ciara as See-air-uh and the others as Keer-uh.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

A lot of people do :). In my opinion thats a mistake, but my opinion is not worth a lot to the rest of the world haha. Ciara is the original spelling of Kira (like Ciaran is pronounced Keeran). Kira I like because its straightforward and I can definitely understand why someone wouldn't want to spell it Ciara since probably most people would mispronounce it. But any other way than Kira people are bound to mispronounce as well, so if you're not going to use (in my opinion) the correct spelling, you might as well use the most straightforward, Kira! Haha hope that made sense.

[joereaves.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about Ciara being the 'correct' spelling :D I think it's the prettiest too. Although I'd go with Keira rather than Kira if I was picking one of the others personally. Kira makes me think too much of Star Trek.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-lavender-blue-/]

This is the singer Ciara's (See-air-uh) fault. Ciara is actually the original spelling of Keer-uh names and the rest are creative versions of it. It's an Irish name and I'm Irish with so many people here being called Ciara and NOBODY pronouncing it See-air-uh. It's the female form of Ciaran, which isn't pronounced See-air-un. Sorry not having a go at you or anything, I'm just saying.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

I knew a woman who was thinking about naming her dog See-air-uh, which happens to be my dogs name and she asked "do you spell it with the S way or the C way? " And I had to ask her what she meant as to me the ONLY proper way to spell see-air-uh is Sierra. She of course meant Ciara (which I agree, is Kira!) I was so confused!

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Keira.

[fangirlism]

Keira (because it's an anagram of my name, Erika)

But I know both a Kira and Kyra, lol.

[g-unit-kat.livejournal.com]

Kira. It was my doggie's name.

And I totally bought that book, there are some other really ridiculous things in there as well O_O.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

keira. and for what it's worth moon zappa is the shit.

[monkey-fruit.livejournal.com]

Keira or Kira.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

I'm confused by the options because it's way too long past my bedtime.

But, Moon Unit is TOTALLY LEGIT. She has a muffin cookbook fer crissakes!

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Kira or Keira.

[stillbefree.livejournal.com]

Kira/Kyra.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Keira or Kira. But I'd think Kiera is kee-ehr-ah.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-lavender-blue-/]

Ciara is actually the original spelling of Keer-uh names. It's an Irish name and I'm Irish so I know everything! lol. It's the female form of Ciaran and as I was saying to someone else here, it is the singer Ciara's fault for making people think it is pronounced See-air-uh. Her parents really went kre8iv.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Wait... that's how the singer's name is pronounced? Oh nos.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I never knew it was supposed to be pronounced "Keer-uh."

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Keira.

& Nope, Moon is Frank Zappa's daughter! --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Ciara

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Ciara or Keira.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

I think 'Kyra' but only because of Kyra Sedgwick. I love The Closer! However I dislike the name and I think it's strange that you're possibly considering it. It doesn't mesh with all the other old-fashioned names you have chosen in the past. To me, Kyra, Keira, et al. is a little trendy and sounds like a potential reality show contestant. What happened to Edith?

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Ciara - the only way to spell it.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Kiera
but also Kyra

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Ciara.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Keira.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

Ciara or Keira

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I know it should be spelt Ciara but I think that Kira probably is the least confusing spelling.

[esilva7.livejournal.com]

Keira is prettiest.