Message: "Eira" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Eira

by CN (CSwe)

8/15/2011, 9:11 AM

It just occured to me that I might be pronouncing Eira (Welsh, meaning snow) wrong. Do you say it like ay-ra or eye-ra?

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- Lisa (EchoSketcher)

8/15/2011, 9:22 AM

I say IRE-a, but that's just me being strange.

- Malk

8/15/2011, 9:50 AM

Ei in Welsh I believe is pn eye so I think it pn eye-rah.

But I had 2 welsh people get in a debate about how to pn Eirlys on a board once - eye-liss vs ayre-liss, so I think it depends on where in Wales you live.

- Pie +5

8/15/2011, 9:51 AM

I say ay-ra, but it depends which part of Wales you're from; southerners would probably say eye-ra. I just noticed it's a Swedish name too - how is it pronounced in Sweden?

- Llewella (penguiny7)

8/15/2011, 10:33 AM

I thought it was the other way around... so ay- is the Northern pronunciation and eye- is the Southern one? Got to remember to keep that straight!

I've also always been curious about the Swedish pronunciation.

- CN (CSwe) +3

8/15/2011, 10:35 AM

The Scandinavian Eira is pronounced ay-ra so I just assumed that the Welsh Eira would be pronounced the same. I prefer that to eye-ra so I'm glad you can say it both ways.

- Ninor (Frozten) +2

8/15/2011, 1:31 PM

I've always been saying it more like eye-ra than ay-ra. But that might just be me... (something like Ejra for you Swedish speakers...)

- CN (CSwe)

8/15/2011, 1:55 PM

But Ejra is pretty much how I say it. Eye-ra would be more like Ajra.

- Malin (nilamalin)

8/15/2011, 1:55 PM

Now I'm confused, wouldn't ay-ra be Ejra and eye-ra Ajra? :S

- Llewella (penguiny7)

8/15/2011, 10:34 AM

I say eye-ra because I like the sound better. It depends on which part of Wales you're from, like Pie said.

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- Ceridwen (Joan-Ay)

8/15/2011, 5:19 PM

I say eye-ra, which I prefer to ay-ra.

- Apolline

8/15/2011, 5:22 PM

I say eye-ra. But I'm not welsh, I've never heard the name outloud soooo I may have just kind of made that up. I like eye-ra better than ay-ra.

- Alcyone

8/16/2011, 9:08 PM

EYE-ra is my first inclination, but I really like AY-ra. Either pronunciation is lovely.

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