If we are not Italian in the slightest.. is it ridiculous tp call a child...

[allaboutme]

Chiara?

We are english and alreadt have two DCs with quite traditional english names...

[KERALA1]

No worse than Luca which to me is very Italian and sounds peculiar if parents have no Italian link. Likewise Amelie which is also inexplicably very popular with people that have no French links.

[loooouise]

I LOVE Chiara. It's a beautiful name, gorgeous, and your dd will love it too. And you definitely shouldn't fret about not being Italian. I posted on here a few months ago bc I wanted Angelo for a ds (and also have no Italian blood, but am pretty fluent in the language) and I got a right slating |I put it down to petty parochialism [sticks nose in air emoticon]

I couldn't give a fuck though and would still have used it had I not have a had a surprise GIRL !!! (Beautifully named Ishbel - and guess what I'm NOT Scottish)

[aiti72]

Lovely name, we have Kiara!

[MaggieBeBold]

no. Clara is Spanish and Claire French for the same thing.

[jkklpu]

a lovely name - Italian for Claire

[PixiNanny]

I'd call my kid Chiara... but only because I heard it on Farscape first

Seriously though, it's okay, I'd be more inclined to name kids uniquely but still not too uniquely that it's weird...

[nickelbabe]

i love the name Chiara, because I have a friend called that.

I have to warn against it for a couple of reasons: everybody used to pronounce it chee-ara (with a "church" type "ch") instead of Keeara

and we used to sing the Kia-ora song - which might sound irrelevant for today, but i saw a retro kia-ora advert on a sky channel a couple of months ago.
my Chiara thought it was great because it said "we all ador-a" and she thought that was sweet.
(she was italian, btw)

[Lizzylou]

Or Roman Bath?

If it goes with your surname do it!

[muggglewump]

I have a Niamh and we're not Irish, so I think it's fine.

[stroppyknickers]

I would think you couldn't spell Keira, and it sounds a teeny bit too much like Kiaora or whatever that drink was...

[allaboutme]

You pronounce it
Key ah ra

surname slightly french sounding (althugh not french at all!)

[Pyrocanthus]

Though Roman Colchester might be misunderstood.

[Pyrocanthus]

If your surname was Ramsbottom, that would make an outstanding name!

[Lizzylou]

Lovey name, very pretty.
What is your surname like?

I loved Roman whilst pg, but we have a very Northern sounding surname, coupled with the fact we lived in Ramsbottom it just sounded naff

[castille]

It's pretty but without an Italian connection I'd go for Clara I think.

[Pyrocanthus]

I don't think it's unheard of here - it's lovely.

[nowwearefour]

how do you pronounce it? sounds pretty but i am prob saying it wrong in my head

[allaboutme]

other two are Edward and Oliver

[Rindercella]

I love the name Chiara. Don't think it'd be a ridiculous choice for you at all.

[loobylu3]

It's v pretty and sounds fine. What are your other 2 called (if you don't mind me asking)?

[ShrimpOnTheBarbie]

It's lovely.

[Metella]

It's very pretty.

[thell]

I think it's fine!

[Mammina]

no I think it's fine - it was the name of my italian penpal years ago

[splodge2001]

nope - chiara - though italian doesnt sound uniquely so