Mira vs Mila

Girl Names
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I say Mira as mee-rah, in favor of the Slavic meaning. Would there be any confusion here?

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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

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Iā€™m american and have never heard this! But will def consider it.

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4

Well, thereā€™s [name_f]Myra[/name_f], Mee-rah, and then how I would pronounce it, Mirr-a.

If youā€™re willing to correct people, it seems fine,

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5

Like, meer-uh?

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6

No, like [name_u]Mirren[/name_u], but [name_f]Mirra[/name_f].

7

So mih-ruh?

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8

Yay I think I finally got something without people having to explain it a million different ways 10 times over! :+1:šŸ’

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Iā€™m in the US and a Iā€™ve known a few Miras who all pronounced it your way and never had trouble with it! Itā€™s never occurred to me that there are other pronunciations, really!

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10

Random: Do you say Bea as 1 or 2 syllables?

Eta: just to be clear, I was asking @ellerbea

11

I live on the west coast in us and have never heard MY-rah, only MEE-ra

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12

One syllable. How would you pronounce it with two, BEE-ah?

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13

Yes.

I was asking bea how she pronounced her name tho lol

I also say it like bee

14

Oh :joy: Sorry!

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15

THAT WAS A TERRlBLE TYPO- SORRY-

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Oh, I didnā€™t notice anything, donā€™t worry about it. Typos happen.

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17

I typed ā€œpeonunciationā€ lol

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18

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 wonā€™t distinguish between mee-ruh and meer-uh, but if that doesnā€™t bother you much, it should be fine.

(fwiw, Iā€™ve never heard [name_f]Mira[/name_f] pronounced like Myra)

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One

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Iā€™d pronoucne [name_f]Mira[/name_f] as meer-uh! Itā€™s a lovely name

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