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Kaya or Kaia or?

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missfussypants · 19/07/2017 19:47

How should i spell this? going for the pronounciation Kye Ah. Thanks

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missfussypants · 20/07/2017 09:26

Afuna, not yet will be between Kaia and Kaya though. I wouldn't want Kaya to get Kay... but can't decide which spelling i prefer

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AfunaMbatata · 20/07/2017 09:06

Have you decided op?

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missfussypants · 20/07/2017 09:03

ims, how is it ridiculous?Shock

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Imspartacusforreal · 20/07/2017 08:47

Hahahahahaha in some ways I like it and in some ways I realise it's a bit ridiculous

Pemba · 19/07/2017 23:45

Kaya looks nicer, and it should be pronounced this way. A pp explained how this is a known African name.

People saying this should be said as kay -a to rhyme with layer are quite simply wrong. (Just like when they try to pronounce 'Maya' the same way).

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missfussypants · 19/07/2017 23:08

not a fan of caia for some reasonHmmits lovely but think i prefer the K spellings

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DramaAlpaca · 19/07/2017 22:59

Kaia

SuperBeagle · 19/07/2017 22:58

Just remembered that Cindy Crawford has a daughter named Kaia. This spelling. I think that's why it seems more intuitive to me.

Don't mind Caia though.

MrsRhettButler · 19/07/2017 21:50

Oooh i like that too calilark

calilark · 19/07/2017 21:42

I'm the annoying one who comes along to say that I prefer the spelling Caia. Beautiful.

MrsRhettButler · 19/07/2017 21:39

I think you'll have a lot of people pronouncing it 'Kay ah' though if you go for the Kaya option, so it depends how much you care about that.

MrsRhettButler · 19/07/2017 21:37

I would spell Maya like that also MoonPower

MrsRhettButler · 19/07/2017 21:36

I have a Kaiya but had I chosen the spelling I would have chosen Kaya.
People seem to struggle with spelling it when I spell it out loud to them, it's the i and the y together.
On the plus side it is very very rarely mispronounced Smile

buttercup54321 · 19/07/2017 21:32

Kya.

Mumzypopz · 19/07/2017 21:29

Both are awful

Sophronia · 19/07/2017 20:52

Kaya

MoonPower · 19/07/2017 20:47

Kaya like Maya Smile

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2017 20:47

Oh OK. I thought you'd made it up. Thanks for pointing it out.

Lemondrop99 · 19/07/2017 20:46

Kaya

AfunaMbatata · 19/07/2017 20:36

It's quite a common girls name in a couple of African countries and is spelled "kaya" ...if that's any help.

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2017 20:14

Oh Imspartacus, you are joking? Apostrophe catastrophe.

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missfussypants · 19/07/2017 20:06

i dont like Kya spelling so would be between Kaia and Kaya i think !

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maralittle · 19/07/2017 20:03

At first, I thought you wanted the "kay-a" pronunciation and I was going to suggest Kaya rather than Kaia, as Kaia to me is the name Kai with an -a sound on the end.

So, Kaia, or Kya. I like Kaia best.

Imspartacusforreal · 19/07/2017 20:02

Kye'ah

MyNewBearTotoro · 19/07/2017 20:01

I know a Kya pronounced Kye-ah.

I would pronounce Kaya and Kaia as kay-a.

So I would use Kya for the peobounciation you want.

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