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.

Ky-ah, to rhyme with Hiya

How do you pronounce it?

Ky-uh

Yes, what sgo just said

Another vote for Kiya like Hiya.

To rhyme with hiya

Key-ah, just based on how a colleague pronounced her daughter's name

I'd read 'kya' as k-eye-a. I'd read 'kia' as keeya.

Ky-a, to rhyme with Hiya

Ky-a to rhyme with hiya

Kee-a would be Kia

To be honest. I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce it. As it gives no idea to the pronunciation at the beginning due to their being no vowel between the Kand the Y
to work on. So if you do want an obvious pronunciation vowels are key. As to wether it's Kiya, Kaya Keya. Other wise you and her will always be asked. How do you pronounce it. It'll drive you mad.

I'd be torn between Kei-a and Kay-a, would probably plump for Kei-a.
Neither of the pronunciations in the OP would have occurred to me

Kai-a would be a less bilingually confused way of saying what I called Kei-a

Ky-yah (like hiya)
I know three Kyra's and all three are pronounced differently (I can see their frustration )
If the mix up in pronounciation drives you mad, it probably will your DD too

Yes, it's pronounced to rhyme with hiya. I think I just got a bit annoyed bemused by people pronouncing it the same as the car Kia.

The name should actually have been spelt Kaya but we took the first a out as we didn't want people to see her name and say Kay-a.

Thanks for the replies all.

Yes if you'd spelt it Kaya I'd have automatically thought Kay-ah to rhyme with heya, but as it is I'd go for K-eye-ah over Key-ah.
I wonder if people are pronouncing the y as a "yuh" sound, so it's coming out as Kuh-yuh which sounds a bit like Kia.

I knew someone in school who pronounced her name like the car.

I'd say Ky - a too. I've heard of this name, not met any littlies in real life but I think it's pretty and makes a refreshing change from all the regulars! It was on my long list for dd2.

If you don't want to be "driven mad" don't choose a name with an ambiguous pronunciation.

She will be dealing with this all her life- is it too late to change it?

Kai-a

I would have spelt it Kaia also not Kya. Kya does look a bit like ku-yah

Good.
Agree that kaya would cause more issues than kya.

I know a maya and never know if it's may-a or ma-ya

Kai-ah (or Koo-ah, depending on where I come across the name as Y is pronounced sort of like oo but a bit eww-like and frankly just weird where I live)

another vote for Kai-a (to rhyme with hiya)

k eye ah (like hiya)

I would have said Kia (sorry - I'm one of those who would drive you mad in RL)! I think it's because when you see k and y together you would normally pronounce it kee. Like risky, tricky, snarky. But then sky is sky... And I would say "skya" like sky-yah. Hmmm I don't know. Sorry, I have an interest in language so I am probably overthinking! The more I think about it the more I might say it either k-eye-yah or Kia depending on the moment I read it.

Kaya I would definitely pronounce to rhyme with heya so I think you picked the right spelling. I think more people would have mispronounced Kaya iykwim.