I say Mira as mee-rah, in favor of the Slavic meaning. Would there be any confusion here?
In the US I think at first people would say [name_f]Mira[/name_f] like MY-ra but it would only take one correction to achieve the pronounciation you desire
Iām american and have never heard this! But will def consider it.
Well, thereās [name_f]Myra[/name_f], Mee-rah, and then how I would pronounce it, Mirr-a.
If youāre willing to correct people, it seems fine,
Like, meer-uh?
No, like [name_u]Mirren[/name_u], but [name_f]Mirra[/name_f].
So mih-ruh?
Yay I think I finally got something without people having to explain it a million different ways 10 times over! š
Iām in the US and a Iāve known a few Miras who all pronounced it your way and never had trouble with it! Itās never occurred to me that there are other pronunciations, really!
Random: Do you say Bea as 1 or 2 syllables?
Eta: just to be clear, I was asking @ellerbea
I live on the west coast in us and have never heard MY-rah, only MEE-ra
One syllable. How would you pronounce it with two, BEE-ah?
Yes.
I was asking bea how she pronounced her name tho lol
I also say it like bee
Oh Sorry!
THAT WAS A TERRlBLE TYPO- SORRY-
Oh, I didnāt notice anything, donāt worry about it. Typos happen.
I typed āpeonunciationā lol
I would choose [name_f]Mira[/name_f] because I think [name_f]Mila[/name_f] is a little overplayed at this point.
I do think a lot of Americans wonāt distinguish between mee-ruh and meer-uh, but if that doesnāt bother you much, it should be fine.
(fwiw, Iāve never heard [name_f]Mira[/name_f] pronounced like Myra)
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Iād pronoucne [name_f]Mira[/name_f] as meer-uh! Itās a lovely name