spelling question

Amaryllis619

DH & I are still struggling between names, and stumbled upon this name. we both sort of like it, but can't decide which spelling we like.  what say you ladies?[Poll]

MOMofGnGn+1

I think it depends on how you would pronounce it. Keera or Keyareuh or Keyairuh?

MOMofGnGn+1

Oops and it took out all my hyphens bc I'm mobile bumping.. I wasn't suggesting those unique spellings! Haha

Amaryllis619

phonetically we'd pronounce it (Keera)

kleigh926

Amaryllis619:

phonetically we'd pronounce it (Keera)

If this is your pronunciation, then I believe the correct spelling is Keira. Kiera would be pronounced more like Ki-er-ah (3 syllables vs. 2). 

Saltina11

kleigh926:

Amaryllis619:

phonetically we'd pronounce it (Keera)

If this is your pronunciation, then I believe the correct spelling is Keira. Kiera would be pronounced more like Ki-er-ah (3 syllables vs. 2). 

Agree

Emerald27

Amaryllis619:

phonetically we'd pronounce it Keera

In German, the "ie" and "ei" combos are pronounced by saying the name of the second letter, so that Kiera would sound like "Key" ra, and Keira would sound like K "eye" ra. So with my German background, I default to the Kiera spelling.

Lavender&Lillies

I'm lurking here, but I have a student who spells it Kira. It is pronounced K-ear-uh.

Blondangel

Emerald27:

Amaryllis619:

phonetically we'd pronounce it Keera

In German, the "ie" and "ei" combos are pronounced by saying the name of the second letter, so that Kiera would sound like "Key" ra, and Keira would sound like K "eye" ra. So with my German background, I default to the Kiera spelling.

Exactly.

hoopduck

I before E except after C. lol