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Ciara/Kiara pronounced “Kee-are-ruh”???

33 replies

Microem1 · 09/01/2019 10:03

Hi everyone,

I’m after your opinions as it’s only 3 weeks until my due date and as we haven’t settled on a name yet, I’m starting to panic!

The initial name I liked was Keira Rose (as in Knightley). But my other half isn’t keen on it as he doesn’t like somebody with that name.

He showed me a name on his phone which he said he liked “Ciara”, which we both automatically pronounced “Kee-are-ruh”.

I‘ve since learnt Ciara is ironically the original Irish form of Keira, but can also be pronounced “Sea-air-ruh”, due to the singer.

Almost all of our close family have screwed their noses up at Ciara/Kiara “Kee-are-ruh“, which has put me off it a bit, but my other half is set on it and already calls her KiKi.

Our other daughters are:

Amelia Daisy and Caitlin Poppy.

Ps I’m open minded to other suggestions.

So what do you think of:

Ciara Rose

Kiara Rose? Xxxxxx

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BlackPrism · 09/01/2019 10:36

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ScrumptiousBears · 09/01/2019 10:35

Are you happy with having to constantly tell people how you want it pronounced and will you get narky when people always get it wrong?

FayFortune · 09/01/2019 10:26

Ciara / Kiera I know as pronounced " Kee-ra". Sorry.

I'm always assume Keira Knightley' name is some alternative spelling as I've literally known no other Kiera spell it that way!

(Katherine could be KiKi too. Or Kirsten or Christina.)

finn1020 · 09/01/2019 10:21

Ciara is keer-rah
Chiara is key-ah-rah.

Disfordarkchocolate · 09/01/2019 10:20

Kiki is nice, why not go with that?

Allthebubbles · 09/01/2019 10:19

I think it's pretty and goes with your other names. Maybe use the Italian spelling but I would have pronounced it like you do. Also I love Kiki as a nickname.

WhirlieGigg · 09/01/2019 10:18

If I saw Kiara written down I’d pronounce it as Kee-rah. Depends if that’s what you want?

SemperIdem · 09/01/2019 10:14

If you want “kee-are-uh” use Chiara,an Italian name and actually pronounced that way.

Ciara is Kee-rah, Keira is just the anglicised spelling of it.

Just because an American pronounced it See-air-ah doesn’t make it an accepted variation.