Will this be pronounced wrong alot

[narnia2025]

I know that in America this name is pronounced differently to over here but when I have mentioned it to people they have asked me which way we would pronounce it which has surprised me as I thought it was exclusively pronounced one way here.

The name is Clara.

I want to pronounce it is clarr-ruh and this is the way I love. But I am genuinely worried people will pronounce it Claira which honestly I don't like at all. What do people think?

I've only ever heard it pronounced as you want in the UK - to rhyme with Tara or Lara.

Well Craig is pronounced Creg in America - you can't control how people pronounce your kid's name based on where they are from or what they are used to. Think of the name Sara - I know two people with this name who pronounce it differently Sar-ruh and Sair-uh - they seem to deal with it fine when people say it in the opposite way to them! I've got a Welsh name... most people say it incorrectly than say it correctly - I've managed to get through life just fine!

I think for me it's that I really dislike Claira sounds very harsh in my opinion and completely differently to Clara which is so much softer. It's the only name.dp and I can agree on but I am starting to wonder if I can get passed people saying it differently to what I want. I honestly didn't even know it could be pronounced like that until someone said something.

I’ve only heard it pronounced Clara in the U.K.

Where do you live? I have never heard anyone say Claira - the US way.

I lived in the US for some time as a child so sometimes struggle with pronunciation but I would say Clah rah. Same as Tahra.

I'm in england (south east)

It used to be Clair-a in the UK. I doubt many will say it that way now.

To say Clairer I have to put on a Canadian accent 😂

I don’t think that people would say anything other than Clara in the uk.

Does Claire sound harsh to you too? Almost whatever name you will choose you will absolutely need to get past people from other places/cultures maybe mispronouncing it from time to time. You can't be too precious about it I'm sorry.

Clarrr- a is how I would see it

I'm not being precious it just may be a deal breaker for me for that name which is annoying as me and my partner struggle to find names we like. And yeah the name Claire sounds harsh. My son has a name that is pronounced differently in other countries but I don't mind the different pronunciations so that is fine..

Well if it's a deal breaker then I'm not sure why you're asking the question really!

I have a name that has loads of different pronunciations. My mum hated one versions and just corrected people when they said it that way. My cancelled my mum a one syllable name that you can not change or shorten for that reason though, as she really didn’t want anyone using their own version of it.

Might it be that an American would be saying 'Clarr-uh', but that their accent makes it sound to us like they're saying 'Clair-uh'?

Silly example, but if an American said "My daughter is doddering", the two main words might sound very similar (except for the 'ing'), but you would know which sounds they were meaning to convey, as we would understand them in the UK.

Then again, even within the UK, accents come into play... a Glaswegian may say "A girl named Beryl" in a way which kind of rhymes, whereas in a 'standard' southern English accent, it wouldn't remotely rhyme.

Because I am seeing what the general pronunciation is. I'm saying if it is misprounced a lot I may not use it. I haven't decided yet. I have asked as I am genuinely curious what people would say.

It's a lovely name imo, which I would pronounce clar-ah.

SE England - I've only heard Clarr-uh

I had no idea that it could be pronounced anything other than Clar-a, to rhyme with Lara and Tara as a pp said. I'd just use it OP.

Irrelevant to this thread but in Spain it's pronounced Cla-ra with both As like the A in hat.

We skipped several names that we didn't like the alternative pronunciation OR the nickname of. You simply cannot keep under control other people's pronunciation of a name, even though it drives me insane. People are weird in how they'll pronounce things.

Whenever there's threads like this I wonder if my hearing works properly.
If I say "Clarr-ruh" and "Claira" out loud they sound almost identical to me.
Just a slight variation which I would put down to accents.

It's your hearing. Do par and pair or car and care sound the same?

When are you talking about ?

I'm pretty old, and have only ever heard it pronounced to rhyme with Tara and Lara.

Clara to rhyme with Tara, Lara, Cara

Scotland