How would you pronounce Eira?

[Clebaby]

We love the name Eira but don't want her to have to correct people on how to pronounce her name her whole life... so thought a straw poll would help us decide how intuitive it is.
Thanks so much!

Ay-ra. A Welsh cousin of mine is called Eira, it's lovely.

Ah, you're the OP who originally liked Ira, aren't you?

Yes I'm from West Wales, so Eye-ra is all I've heard

My first thought was eye-ra.

Eye-ruh. I knew one. Lovely woman.

Either Air-a or Eye-ra

My immediate thought was A-ra, pronouncing the ei as it is in veil, reins, eight, etc.

Eye-ra (as others have said)

Names that people can;t pronounce by reading them in the country you live in aren;t generally a good idea in my experience especially if you have a child who gets self conscious about explaining the pronounciation to EVERYONE! First hand experience of my (living in England) niece Cerys who most commonly got called "Cerise" and who was mighty thankful when Cerys Matthews became famous!

Eye-ra.

Am Welsh though.

Eye-ra, as a family friend named Eira pronounced her name. She was a lovely lady (now sadly deceased) and it's a beautiful name.

Ear rah

I'd say Eye-ra.

I think it's lovely.

Thank you soooo much for replies!

Yes we posted before as we love the spelling Ira but worried about I.R.A connection!

Eira however is also lovely and represents our Welsh and Muslim backgrounds.

Seems like about half of people will pronounce Eira wrong...but half right! So we are still keen on it.

The other final spelling is Iyra..

I'd guess at ill-ra as a pronunciation for Iyra.

It doesn't look like it should be pronounced in the same way as Ira.

Iyra looks to me like Lyra without the capitalisation, but knowing it's an I rather than an L then yes, eye-ra pronunciation. I imagine you'd always have to spell it for people though, which Eira might not suffer from as much.

Ay (as in May)-rah
Am in a Welsh-speaking area in North West Wales.

Eira Wen = snow white / white snow

My Pembrokeshire granny said her name as Eye-rah, so when I named my daughter that's how I pronounce it.
However 2 welsh speaking friends wince when they hear it as they insist it is Ay-rra.

But my granny's eye-ra version is what I use.

Eyra
Ey as in 'they' or 'grey'
That's how we pronounce it in North Wales. How would you pronounce it, OP?

I grew up in South West Wales and knew a few women called Eira, and of course it is the Welsh word for snow so regularly heard it used in conversation too.

I've always heard it pronounced with ei as in eight. Ay-ra.

Surprised at all the people in Wales saying they'd pronounce it Eye-Ra as that's not how I've ever heard it said but perhaps it is regional and depends on the accent or area of Wales.

Era

Eye-rah

mamas12 has it. Ei as in hay, without the h, then ra, with a short a. Welsh speaker, south east Wales

We would pronounce it eye-ra even if not everyone in Wales agrees! My nan is Welsh and told me this is correct (she is from South) and we don't know many northern Welsh people.
Surprised at confusion over iyra.. I think Ira really is best spelling! Maybe IRA will stop terrorizing people :(

I had an Aunty Eira, pronounced Eye-ra she was Welsh speaking and from West Wales. People from North Wales called her Ay-ra, so I think it's regional and you can say what you like.
Pretty name.

Ear-Ah