How do you pronounce Samira

[Justaminuteplease]

Would you pronounce it:

1. Sa - me - ra
2. Sa - my - ra

Like this. Never heard it pronounced differently.

It's the feminine form of Samir. (Sah-meer, 2 syllables). Currently in the news, but I was a bit puzzled as to who 'Sam-ee-uh Shah' was.

Thanks everyone!

@jdm625 I was asking as my daughter is called Samira, and we pronounce it as number 1 (although any of the ee pronunciations would be fine), but at nursery all the teachers pronounce it sa-my-ra, which is strange (they also can't seem to pronounce it right even with correction from us).

We love the name, and one of the reasons we picked it was because we thought it would be fairly easy to pronounce - so I'm glad others here pronounce it as we intended.

The -ira rhymes with Vera, ee-rah.

@Justaminuteplease , if you look at how many of the pp have written how they say it, I'm not surprised.

A friend has a Gina, good job she didn't go to your nursery.

Nice name BTW. I know some Saminas and a Samia but they are about my age.

It's actually some-mee-raa

I've only heard (1).

I'd guess (2) would be spelt Samaira or something like that.

Sah MEER uh
Kind of rhymes with Shakira

That is what would have thought too.

Sa meer rah.

I’ve known a few Samira’s, all pronounced like option 1. The Samir’s I’ve met have been like option 1 too, just without the last syllable. It’s a very straightforward name!

You’re going to have to correct the staff who are mispronouncing your daughters name, can be done nicely of course but what they’re calling her is not her name.

This. Pretty name.

Like this