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I really like the sound of this name, but I wouldn't use it because of the "burga" ending, and she would be made fun of, I think, but just to put the record straight, I know somebody by this name, who is an old woman, and she pronounces it "kin-burger", but I still think it's nice. :)
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I love this name for its random weirdness.
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Now that I know how to pronounce it I think that it is a lovely name, though I don't think that I would name a child this, simply because she would have such a time learning how to spell it, and then she would have to go through her entire life explaining the pronunciation.
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I don't know HOW I think it is pronounced, but when I first saw it written, I thought it was pronounced Sinn-Berr-Gah. I think I like that better than Kin-anything for now no matter what is right. :-)
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I would say that this is pronounced something like "KUH-na-BOOR-ga", with an alveolar trill (like the "rr" in Spanish).
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'C' is hard like a modern K.
'Y' is like a U with an umlaut.
'NE' is 'Na'. With A as in 'about' or 'soda'.
'GA' I think the G here is silent, although I'm not 100% certain.
Go to http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/readings/brun_oe.html, download the first poetry sample and listen out for the word Brunanburh. It will give you a basic idea of how 'burh' names sounded in their original Old English context.
Personally, I prefer the more common spelling and pronunciation CYNEBURH. It just sounds nicer without the additional 'a' sound at the end.
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'Y' is like a U with an umlaut.
'NE' is 'Na'. With A as in 'about' or 'soda'.
'GA' I think the G here is silent, although I'm not 100% certain.
Go to http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/readings/brun_oe.html, download the first poetry sample and listen out for the word Brunanburh. It will give you a basic idea of how 'burh' names sounded in their original Old English context.
Personally, I prefer the more common spelling and pronunciation CYNEBURH. It just sounds nicer without the additional 'a' sound at the end.
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I have to say that I think this name sounds amusing. But I mean no disrespect when I say this: it makes me think of food "Cinne-Burger" (a cinnamon burger - yuck, I know!).
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I like how this name is so different, without being a mondern concoction. I just wish I could figure out how to pronounce it.
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Pronunciations:
Cyneburh - KOON-uh-būrkh (The 'būrkh' has a long u sound in it like "nurse" and the 'kh' is a raspy breathy sound at the back of the tongue like the ending of saying the German word "ich")
Kenbora, Kenborowe - KEN-buh-ruh
Kimbery, Kimberry - KIM-buh-ree
Kimborough - KIM-buh-ruh
Kimbrah, Kymbra - KIM-bruh
Kinborough, Kinbarra, Kinbora, Kinbura, Kynborow - KIN-buh-ruh
Kinburga - KIN-būrg-uh (The 'būrg' has a long u sound in it like "nurse")
Kyneburg - KĪN-būrg (The 'KĪN' has a long I sound in like "fly" and the 'būrg' has a long u sound in it like "nurse")
Kyneburga - KĪN-būr-guh (The 'KĪN' has a long I sound in like "fly" and the 'būr' has a long u sound in it like "nurse")
(Sources: https://oswinkinsey.wordpress.com/ (See the document "English Compound Names" for the entry on the name 'Kinbura')
Sheard, K.M., 2011 Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names: For pagans, witches, wiccans, druids, heathens, mages, shamans & independent thinkers of all sorts who are curious about names from every place and time, Llewellyn's Publications, Woodbury, Minnesota, USA, pages 330,605, 606, 622, 642 and 643)