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Thanks for all the comments!

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I really enjoyed reading through them all. It is good to know that most people would pronounce the name the same way I would.

This message was edited 8/27/2010, 6:30 AM

I really love the name Zafira, but Sapphira looks a little contrived to me for some reason. Maybe because it's too close to Sapphire, and I'm not a huge fan of gem names.

I like it. I say sa-FEER-a, although I think I've heard sa-FYE-ra.
Safira is definitely sa-FEER-a to me. Sapphira could go either way because of the word sapphire.

I think it's lovely, and I like both pronunciations, but I prefer suh-FEAR-ruh. I actually would be more inclined to pronounce Safira suh-FEAR-uh since it has an Arabic look to it even though it's Esperanto. It reminds me of Samira and Safiya.

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Sapphira could really go either way, but it resembles the word "sapphire" more than Safira does, so it seems like people would be more likely to pronounce it suh-FYE-ruh than they would Safira.

I like it, and it's best in this spelling.

I pronounce this name as saf-FYE-rah, like Sapphire.

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I only pronounce it suh-FEAR-uh if it's spelled Saphira, like in The Inheritance Cycle books.

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While I do like this name, I personally wouldn't use it.

I prefer Safira and pronounce it accordingly as 'sah-FEE-rah'. Nice name, one of few jewel names I like.

I was randomly thinking about this name the other day. I like it, but I can't decide if it is too tacky or not

I prn it like suh-FEER-uh, too. It's really pretty.

I'd pronounce Sapphira and Saphira suh-FYE-ruh. Safira would make me hesitate and I'd probably wonder aloud between the two pronunciations.
Pronounced suh-FYE-ruh...I'd never use it, but I think it'd be great on a little girl.
Pronounced suh-FEAR-uh...It seems more made-up. I could easily see it on a lion in a Disney movie. I think I like this pronunciation better.

I don't like it; I think it sounds cheap. It reminds me of a knock-off ring.

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I pronounce it sa-FEER-ah.

I think Sapphira is nice and I pronounce it as you do but, funny enough, I would have phoneticized it as suh-FEER-uh. Your suh-FEAR-uh just made me consider her dark side. ;) I'm not one who feels gem-related names are tacky/trashy/stripperish (for the most part) and this one doesn't even hint at that for me. This is the spelling I prefer, especially because of the gem association.

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Sapphira Eloise
Sapphira Clarice
Sapphira Roslyn

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Do you have any pairings in mind?

This message was edited 8/25/2010, 11:50 AM

I pronounce it as sah-FEAR-ah as well. And I like the spelling Saphira; sa-FIE-rah just sound strange, imo. In Christopher Paolini's books, The Inheritance Cycle, one of the main characters, a blue, female dragon, is named Saphira. Since reading those books, I've become quite fond of the name though personally I would never use it because of the association with the books.

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"Hi, what's your name?"
"Saphira. I was named after a fictional dragon in a chronicle books that never faired well." :o/

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But then again it could be seen as:

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"Hi, what's your name?"
"Saphira. I was named after a book written about the adventures of mythical dragons. Wanna play Barbies?"