Re: Kira
in reply to a message by Lily
It's hard for K names like Kira to stand out--there are so many similar names. Regardless, I love Kira. It's crisp and bright.
I pronounce all your examples the same, but Kira is the only spelling I like. It's clean, simple, and takes the ambiguity out of the pronunciation. Even though I'm not a KY-ra person, it's not an unreasonable pronunciation. Y is such a chameleon (think of how it sounds in Kylie, Kyra, and Krystal). It makes sense to me that someone could look at Kyra and think "KY-ra." I may not agree with them, but I get it.
I pronounce all your examples the same, but Kira is the only spelling I like. It's clean, simple, and takes the ambiguity out of the pronunciation. Even though I'm not a KY-ra person, it's not an unreasonable pronunciation. Y is such a chameleon (think of how it sounds in Kylie, Kyra, and Krystal). It makes sense to me that someone could look at Kyra and think "KY-ra." I may not agree with them, but I get it.