How would you pronounce

Girl Names
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How would you pronounce Kirra?
I recently asked everyone to rate my favourite names incl Kirra. Most people said that she would constantly have to explain how to pronounce it. For me there’s only one obvious pronunciation. How would you pronounce if you read it?

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I have a cousin called Kirra! She pronounces it KEE-ruh, like Keira.

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Is the ‘i’ the same as in [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] or more like [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] without the ‘L’?

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Like Lee without the L. To me that’s the obvious pronunciation.

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Okay thank you!!

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:blush:

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I would definitely assume keer-a with the first sound like the word ‘key’

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Keer-uh

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I would assume ‘kih-ra’, like - as I think you explained in another post - ‘mirror’. So when I say ‘kih’, I mean like the beginning of [name_u]Kit[/name_u].

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KEE-ra. Maybe KEER-ah.

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Same are [name_f]Keira[/name_f], so keer-uh

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I would either say keer-uh (like Keira) or kurr-uh

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first instinct is kurr-uh, but then I got to Keer-uh next. I think if you want the Keer-uh pronunciation then [name_f]Kira[/name_f] with only one R seems more intuitive

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first instinct was kurr-uh.

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Rhyming with mirror

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I would pronounce this the same as Keira / Ciara.

This is a great comparison example. That’s exactly how I say it.

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Kee-ra

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Honestly the double r threw me off, I initially read it as Ker-a , but then was like, “oh wait that’s probably like [name_f]Keira[/name_f] / [name_f]Kira[/name_f] / Ciara.”

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I read it like [name_f]Keira[/name_f] but I cold see Kur-ruh.

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yes I agree. When I read it I’d say it as kurr-uh because of the double r. With one r, I would pronounce it as keer-uh. So I’d go with the Kira or Keira spelling if you wanted that pronunciation. :purple_heart:

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