How would you pronounce

Girl Names
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How would you pronounce [name_f]Kirra[/name_f]?
I recently asked everyone to rate my favourite names incl [name_f]Kirra[/name_f]. 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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