How would you pronounce...

[DifficultToSay]

.....the name Kya?

Would you say it K-eye-a or K-ee-ya.

I've name changed as I don't want it to out me, but we called our DD this. I would say that about a third/half of the time people pronounce it the wrong way, and it drives me mad.

[ILoveAGoodBrusselSprout]

I'd say K-eye-a

[Verbena37]

K eye a

But I think it would be tricky to know for sure and be understandable that people would choose either or.

[StinkyMcgrinky]

I would pronounce it Kay-a but when I asked DH he said Kia (as in the car manufacturer) of k-eye-a. I wouldn't pronounce it with a stand alone 'k' sound to start.

Which pronunciation were you going for?

[Sophronia]

K-eye-a.

[Creatureofthenight]

Kaya but I'd be rather uncertain!

[Fourormore]

Ky (rhyming with high) a.

[Lightbulbon]

Kai-a


Like hiya

[Chinks123]

K-eye-a
Because the only Kya I know pronounces it that way. And because T-ee-a, M-ee-a etc have I's rather than Y's.
Sorry if I've pronounced it wrong fwiw people get dds wrong a lot and I have no idea how.

[SmallBee]

I'd say Kay-ya very uncertainly

[DontDeadOpenInside]

K eye a

[StrumpersPlunkett]

K eye a

[Alisvolatpropiis]

K eye a

[Quietattheback]

To rhyme with hiya.

[dalmatianmad]

This is a bit like a very similar name that begins with "M" I genuinely don't know how to say it!

[Frazzled2207]

To rhyme with hiya.

[ShmooBooMoo]

I would pronounce it K-eye-a.

No offence but I have never heard of this as a name and I expect some other won't have either. You can hardly choose an obscure name that could be pronounced two different ways and then get irritated when some people pronounce it 'wrongly'.

[rainbowstardrops]

I'd pronounce it K eye a

[LunaLoveg00d]

I would probably say K-eye-ah but agree that if you're going to invent a name with ambiguous pronunciation you can't get annoyed when people get it wrong.

[gunting]

Key-ah

But if someone told me that was their name I'd think of the car

[WhatsGoingOnEh]

Rhyming with hiya.

Where did you get this name from??!

[cece]

I would say Kai a. I used to know a Kyah and she said it like that.

It is like Mia though - some say Mee a and others say My a. I never get it right!

[fuctifino]

As pp, to rhyme with hiya.

[manicinsomniac]

Ky - a (like hiya)

I know an Australian girl called Kyah who pronounces it like this and also taught a Kaia which was said the same way. It makes sense that it would be the same as Mya/Myah/Maia

If you wanted Kee-ah I would expect the spelling Kia (like Mia and Tia)

[RubyandAlexplayingfetch]

To rhyme with hiya