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

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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

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.

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

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.

Kiki is nice, why not go with that?

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

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.)

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?

Lion King 2

I would have pronounced it as ki-ah-ruh immediately because of the above film.

The Italian name Chiara is more where you are heading I think, as SemperIdem has said.

And no, I've never known any Irish or Scots Kiaras/ Ciaras pronounce it Sea-air-uh!

Just to echo pps:
Chiara is Italian and pronounced kee-ah- rah.
Ciara and Kiera are pronounced Kee-rah.

Either would be really lovely and work with the sisters. Just don't do Ciara pronounced as kee-ah-rah!

Other names for which Kiki could be a nickname: Katherine/Catherine, Keziah, Kerensa, Michaela.

I’d pronounce it Kee-rah.

Chiara (Italian) is key-ah-ruh. It's a lovely name.
But Ciara can't be key-ah-ruh or see-air-ruh. It's Keira (as in Keira Knightley)
If you want see-air-ruh, use Sierra.

My 6 year old has a friend called Kiara, pronounced kee-ah-ra . So it sounds normal to me , that's how I'd sound it if I had to guess .

Kiara if pronounce kee-ar-ah, due to the lion King!

Ciara if pronounce Kee-rah.

Spell it chiara if you want the first pronunciation.

Love Chiara Rose.

Pronouncing Ciara as 'kee-ah-ra' or 'see-ah-ra' just looks ignorant to me. Sorry.

If you want that spelling use Chiara.

If you want it pronounced see-air-uh call her Sierra - like the car/mountain range

DC had a Kiara in class. She was Kee-are-a.

If you want it pronounced see-air-uh call her Sierra

This, you'll save you and your DD a life of correcting the pronunciation of what's a pretty common name. I remember hearing about that singer on the radio when her first single came out and was baffled when I saw her name written down. How do you get that name from those letters? Surely it would be Ciaira, not Ciara?

Ciara is Kee rah, like everyone else has said.

Kiara and Ciara are different names, not just different spellings.

The "original" spelling of Kiara is Chiara - key-ah-rah.

Ciara/Kiera/Keira are "keer-uh".

I know a Kiara pronounce Kee-ah-ruh and if I saw it written down I’d pronounce it that way but some people might get it wrong. I think it’s nice.
If you both like Kiki just call her that it is a name in its own right.

I would immediately pronounce Ciara keer-ah. I teach in a Girls secondary school (Catholic, so lots of kids with Irish backgrounds) and have taught a lot of Ciaras.
I’ve taught one (utterly lovely) kid called Kiara which is pronounced Kee-ah-ruh. I think that’s a lovely name if it’s the pronunciation you want. I think if you go for Ciara people will assume it’s keer-ah. I would.

Ciara is pronounced Keer-uh as its Gaelic. The ‘C’ is a hard K sound. Like Cillian is pronounced Kill-e-an