What’s the consensus on [name]Kira[/name]? (kee-ra) We like it a lot. Pretty and kind of interesting.
I’m a bit biased with my opinion on the name [name]Kira[/name]. It’s the name of one of my closest friends, so I really like it. Short, sweet, feminine but non-frilly. I can’t quite picture on an elderly person, but maybe many decades from now, all the Kiras will be grandmothers and it will fit well enough. I’d much rather go with a name a child can grow into than one they’ll grow out of.
I love [name]Kira[/name]. It’s a name I can see fitting a girly-girl or a tomboy; a young child or an aging adult. Plus, it’s not hard to pronounce right (though some bozos will probably mess it up). It’s unique enough, but not seriously popular.
It was one of my favorite names when I was little, because I read a book called “[name]Kira[/name] [name]Kira[/name]” by [name]Cynthia[/name] Kadohata. I guess it means glittering in Japanese, so that’s a pretty cool thing. Overall I think it is a very sweet name, and too underused.
I like [name]Kira[/name] 
[name]Don[/name]'t see anything wrong with it.
Regarding the first reply… I don’t see how someone can grow out of a name. O_o A nickname, yes, but not their actual name.
It’s cute and simple and feels a bit exotic to me.
Honestly, my first thought when I hear the name is the [name]Star[/name] Trek: Deep Space Nine character, so that definitely affects my perception. But it’s been off the air for ages so it’s not exactly something to consider. It’s just where my mind goes.
I [name]LOVE[/name] the name [name]Kira[/name]. My friend’s daughter is named [name]Kira[/name], as her husband is part Russian, and they ended up adopting two russian girls as well, so they all have russian names. It is sooo sweet, and can be a really cute girl name, and then it becomes a really cool name as she gets older.
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I really love it, but this spelling only! We almost used it! It appealed to us becsuse it’s pretty, not frilly & travels well. We hsve a lot of family members with heavy accents rsnging from Russian to Italian to Thai and everyone can say [name]Kira[/name] beautifully! A real plus for us, but even for a less foreign family it’s great if your daughter ever decides to travel. My Irish name is always butchered!
I love it, and would love to use it as a nn for Yakira - but unfortunately, DH vetoed that one 
Cool, thanks for the replies. Husband is Russian (his parents are from [name]Saint[/name] Petersburg - they immigrated to [name]Brooklyn[/name]), and of course they love [name]Kira[/name]! His mother suggested it. Bonus points for [name]Kira[/name] because it’s a nice nod to a woman who helped raise me; she’s Japanese.
We have a huge list (posted in another thread, which I forgot about when we moved…), but [name]Kira[/name]'s for sure at the top now. We like [name]Kira[/name] [name]Sparrow[/name] a lot.
I really love [name]Kira[/name] [name]Sparrow[/name]! So so much!
I grew up with a [name]Keara[/name] (100% Irish), pronounced almost exactly the same way I’d pronounce [name]Kira[/name]. Very beautiful and unique. And it’s so interesting to learn all the various cultures it has significance in! I had no idea.
My name is [name]Kira[/name] and I love it! I was born in the early 80s and never knew another girl with my name. Of course when I was in elementary school I wished I had a more common name, like [name]Lisa[/name], haha. But I’ve really grown to love it, and hardly anyone mispronounces it these days. In Persian, [name]Kira[/name] means [name]Sun[/name]. I love my name.
I like [name]Kira[/name], though I prefer the Irish spelling [name]Ciara[/name] to the Russian [name]Kira[/name], I just think it looks smoother with a C. I think it’s one of those names though with so many variations ([name]Kiera[/name], [name]Keira[/name]) that she’s going to be spelling it out frequently. This might not bother you, but it’s just something to consider.
I do like [name]Kira[/name], but I like [name]Kiara[/name] (kee-ara) more. I’m biased though, I do like longer names on girls.
I would pronounce [name]Ciara[/name] as See-ara or [name]Seera[/name].