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I would pronounce it LYE-rah, and I love it! It's so pretty.

Very pretty :) I pronounce it leer-uh

I pronounce it LEE-rah. I love the name!

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Lyra Kate
Lyra Margaret
Lyra Katherine
Lyra Corinne
Lyra Delphine
Lyra Kathleen
Lyra Selene
Lyra Calanthe
Lyra Callisto
Lyra Damaris
Lyra Marguerite
Lyra Calliope
Lyra Penelope

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Lyra Bethany
Lyra Miriam
Lyra Salome
Lyra Simone

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Lyra May
Lyra Beatrix
Lyra Claribel
Lyra Valerie
Lyra Rosette
Lyra Clarice
Lyra Violet
Lyra Vivianne

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Lyra Brooke
Lyra Dawn
Lyra Fay
Lyra Grace
Lyra Joy
Lyra Pearl
Lyra Sage
Lyra Skye
Lyra Verity

LY-ra

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It's my niece's middle name. LEER-a sounds wrong to me.

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Lyra Sophia
Lyra Rose
Lyra Miranda

I really like it actually. It is one of my favorits. I would pronounce it the same way Lillian did. I would suggest one-syllable or four-syllable midle names, like May or Elizabeth.

This message was edited 1/31/2007, 4:49 PM

I say LEER-ah, like the word lyric.

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I love it! I wouldn't use it, but it's gorgeous.

I pronounce it LIE-ra. It is pretty, but unfortunately looks a little too much like lycra to me. I don't like the LEER-a prn. To me leering is looking at someone in a, um, lascivious manner.

I would say leer-uh. I prefer Allira

I like Lyra (LIE-ra), because it reminds me of the constellation and of the His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman.

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I currently like Lyra Daphne, but it goes well with a lot of names.

LIE-ra

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Being that the constellation is LIE-ra, I'd say likewise if the name was applied to a person. Lira to me is LEE-ra. Maybe I'd think otherwise if I didn't know what Lyra or lira were, but specific associations have pretty much sealed the pronunciations for me.

Lyra is pretty. I tend to vary on the pronunciation, it looks like LY-ra, but I also say LEER-ah.

When I first heard of this name, I thought it was pronounced LYE-rah, which I like. But I've also heard it can be prn. LEER-ah, which just makes me think of Italian money. :b

I don't know how to prn it. maybe lie-rah or something like that.

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Lyra Alvis
Lyra Correne
Lyra Jontel
Lyra Korene
Lyra Mansie

LEER-ah

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I think it's very pretty. There are several names on my favorites list with the same "lyre" root:

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Allyriane (ah-leer-ee-ANN)
Lyriane (leer-ee-ANN)
Lyrien (LEER-ee-en)
Lyric (LEER-ik)

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For the first three of these names, I like the nn Lyri (LEER-ee; yes, sadly, just like "leery" but I can't help that :p), but I don't think Lyric or Lyra need nn's, they're only two syllables already.

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While I like Lyra it is my least favorite of these names. I do appreciate the other prn, which uses long I as in DYE (dye your hair), but for myself I prefer this one.

I pronounce it lear-a, but I think the correct pronunciation (or, at least, another common one) is lie-ra.

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I think the name is very poetic (especially if you know the story behind Tanabata). I like it, and I would loooove to see someone use it, but I would never use it.

I would say LEER-ah. I think its pretty
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I pronounce it sort of like Lie ruh though am uncertain if this is correct .

Lyra, in my opinion, would be pronounced as LEE-rah. Like lyric, but with -a replacing the -ic.

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It's not my style, but it's very pretty. I'd think of a long, elegant middle name [three syllables] to go with this.