Ciara / Kira / Keira?

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Just wondering on the general opinion of this name and which spelling people prefer. DH isn’t bothered about spelling, I’m not keen on Keira but don’t mind the other two.
Thanks all!

Keira. Everyone knows how to pronounce it because of Knightly.

Ciara is the correct Irish spelling. Keira Knightly's name is a misspelling - news.sky.com/story/keira-knightleys-name-is-a-spelling-error-10373646

I know Ciara is the correct Irish spelling but you are going to get people mispronouncing it. Like this https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=455929855188174

She's telling you that Keira is wrong. It's on a Radio 2 show.

I prefer Kyra... but not likely to use it since I have plenty of other names I like better. I dislike Ciara spelling tho, despite being 'original'.

I know a Kira who is absolutely adorable so I have good associations with the name

What pronunciation are you going for as I would pronounce Ciara (See-air-uh) differently to Kira/Keira (Kear-uh).

I probably wouldn’t go for Kira as I’m pretty sure it means Killer in Japanese, or at least had that meaning thanks to Death Note (famous manga novel about someone killing people).

Agree with PP about Keira.

My DC1's name has multiple correct spellings and the spelling we picked is probably the least common in the UK. It is always misspelled. It is sooo annoying.

Whichever spelling you choose, it's a lovely name.

I would pronounce Ciara, Kira and Keira differently, although from this thread it seems maybe that wouldn’t be right!

Ciara: Key-are-uh
Kira: Ki-ruh (Ki like the start of kitten)
Keira: Keyr-uh (Keyr like Keir Starmer)

I’ve never met a Ciara or a Kira and really dislike Keira, for want of a better description it was a bit of a ‘rough girl’ name when I was at school in 90s/00s, there were a few girls with the name and they tended to be bullies and troublemakers. I haven’t met a nice girl with the name, although fully appreciate that’s probably not true everywhere; Keira Knightly seems like she’d be nice enough.

I'd go with Ciara, but I'm Irish.
The other 2 grate on me for trying to anglicise a beautiful Irish name.

She's american and lots of names are pronounced differently there given the mix of cultures.

That said, she didn't include the Irish pronunciation in her list of incorrect pronunciations.

I like the Irish spelling Ciara 🥰

I’d choose Keira as it’s the most common spelling (unless you’re in Ireland) - I’m all for an easy life! Lovely name!

Your pronunciation of Ciara is not correct. It's pronounced Kie-rah (like the Kie part of Kier Starmer expect with a bit more emphasis on the e)

Ceira is a nice spelling I think. Either Keira or Ceira would be easy to know the correct pronunciation.

Ciara is the correct spelling.

Keira

Ciara is the correct spelling of the name!

Another vote for the original spelling of Ciara, it’s a very pretty name.

When I first saw the name Ciara as a kid, I pronounced it see-air-uh like the singer! But now I have a friend with the name pronounced keer-uh and love it.

I would go for Ciara or Keira.

Kira might get mistaken for Kyra (Kai-rah)

Ciara is not pronounced key-ah-rah (that's Chiara or Kiara if you're a Lion King 2 fan)

Isn't it Kiera not Keira? Prefer Ciara

Ciara is the correct spelling in Irish.

Kira is an international name with multiple meanings depending on culture. Cultures include Russian and other Slav languages, Greek, Japanese.

Keira (as in Knightly) is an anglicisation of Kira afaik.

If you're in Britain and have no Irish links, I'd go for Kira.

Chiara is a well known name (Key-are-uh) and so I thought Ciara was pronounced the same way (I would assume Italian!), just a different spelling. I know Keira pronunciation because of Knightley and Starmer. Kira, I wouldn't be sure if it were Kear-uh or Kye-ruh.

None - I don't like any names of this ilk.

How do you get See-air-uh from Ciara?!