Kaya

[quinqin]

How would you say it? (Girls name)

[Myddognearlyatethedeliveryman]

Nn kayak??

[Mayhemmumma]

Kie ya?

[Meemzinha]

Kaya rhyming with eye.. It's my chosen name for my little girl due in May!

[MidnightVelvetthe7th]

I've never heard it in RL, I would guess it as:

Kaya - as in kayak, to rhyme with higher or

Kaya - like Kay with an extra a to rhyme with player

[Fruitcocktail6]

Kaya rhyming with eye

Eh?

I would also say Kie-ya

[quinqin]

I like it said Kye-ah, thinking a lot of people will say Kay-a though so not sure

[FairiesVsPixies]

First thing I see is Kay-a (rhyming with bay), but I suppose really it is Kai-a (rhyming with eye).

[RapunzelLetDownYourHair7]

Kay-a
Like the female name Kay would be said like the letter K, and Kaya has an 'aye' sound on the end

[Myunicornfliessideways]

I've seen it pronounced as Ky ah and Kee ah and Kay ah. Very popular name.

[NavyGold]

Kaya as in Maya surely?

Lovely name :)

[lionessma]

I know two Kaya's pronounced ky-ah! Love the name.

[NewSense]

Like eye-a.

But I've only ever known male ones! Perhaps I move in weird circles ;) (foreign!)

I like it :) for a boy or a girl!

[earlylifecrisis]

Kay- a.
It's a Singaporean coconut jam by the way

[macbethh]

One of dd closest friends is called Kaya. We all pronounce it Kye-a, if anyone calls her Kay-a she just corrects them and moves on

[Meemzinha]

If we go for the name, which we likely will.. It will be Kaia (rhyming with Papaya ) As this seems to be the less mispronounced version..

However no matter how it's pronounced it sounds okay. And once your dd tells people how it's said they'll get it right the next time!

[quinqin]

Kaia is a nice spelling too Meemz

[Meemzinha]

@quinqin Yeah I did a bit if research and saw some old forums and it seems people pronounce Kaia properly more.. Let's go for it

[Shadow666]

I used to work with a Kaya (rhymes with Maya). I thought it was a really pretty name but she told me that it was slang for weed which annoyed her a bit.

[Meemzinha]

@Shadow666 it's not actually slang for weed.. However it was the name of Bob Marley's weed plant and he wrote a song about it and it's also the title name of the album.

So maybe it has actually become a slang name for weed somewhere! I've never heard it though.

It's actually where I first heard the name and I will certainly be playing the album to my daughter if we choose the name.. Which we likely will! (tbh I'll play it either way haha)

[ChocolateCrunch]

Heard it pronounced two ways:

Kye-a
Kay-a

[Dozer]

I would probounce the “eye” way. Dislike it.

[WhyOhWine]

I know 2 pronounced ky-ah. Cindy Crawford has a daughter with this name who has a reasonably high profile and she also pronounces it this way I beleive. I don’t think people will have too much difficulty once they are told.

[quinqin]

Thanks guys Which do you prefer, Kaia or Kaya (for the Kye-ah pronunciation) ?

[Meemzinha]

Cindys daughter has it spelt Kaia too.. I really like how the vowels look together.

I'm definitely set on it now... Just told the boyfriend were sticking to it! However it'll be Kaimana but Kaia for short. Both Hawaaiin names.

[FissionChips]

Kaya like Maya - means “I don’t know” in Chichewa