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ai and ay and ae all have the A prn. at times

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and all can be used in Kayla / Kaila / Kaela... so I don't see how ai would make people any more inclined to prn. it right.

Kaya is close to Kayla and I could easily see people pronouncing it wrong. Not everyone is a name nerd and some people just lack... brain power? Lol, I don't know. I cannot count how many times I've heard Caleb be pronounced suh-LEEB. Yes, really. There are all kinds of people out there.

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That being said, I think I like Kaia more. 'y' is so trendy right now. If someone said, "Hi my name is KAH-ya and blahblahblah" I would assume it'd be Kya. Mostly because I know a lot of Kya's pronounced KY-ah.

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If I just glanced at Kaya, I wouldn't be surprised if my brain thought I saw Kayla just because that's the standard name. If I looked at it closely I would probably say KY-ah because of Maya but more often I'd just ask. Most people I know would pronounce it KAY-uh because that's how it looks. I'm not in a name-nerdy place. Hell, I know six pregnant women and when I asked what they're naming their babies they ALL responded, "Oh, we don't know yet. It's not really important."

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&*@(^#@%#@%&*@^& Not important!! Ugh. That's my own griping though.

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***Just showed this to some women: they all said Kayla until I said 'no L'. Then they said "KAY-uh" *insert annoyed eye roll at nonname nerds* lol

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I definitely prefer Kaya to Kaia (which somehow feels unnatural), but have to admit I prefer Kaja. My first thought would be to wonder if it was Kaja or Kaya... because Kaia looks strange to me. Because I know the name and also because I live in Japan, I would think Ky-ah, but because I'm also a native En. speaker and have seen the Kay trend, I'd tend to want to make sure some random parent didn't decide to prn. it kay-ah. Kaja is pretty automatic for mee as far as the ky-ah prn. goes though.

I think Kaya would likely be pronounced Ky-ah most often, given it's similarity to the word kayak, I think most would tend towards that. It's similarity to other names might muddy the waters a bit, with Maya (my-ah) and Taya (tay-ah) and Kayla..

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I don't think the spelling alters the trend factor.

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I wouldn't assume anything as far as spelling if I met someone whose name sounded like "ky-ah", b/c I've known 3, all spelled differently- Kaya, Kaia and Kya. The one who spells it Kaya is a boy, it's interesting to note.

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If I saw the name Kaya, I would pronounce it Ky-ah.

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One thing to consider if using this name, and I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet.. are you a Bob Marley fan? Enjoy the ganja? B/c Kaya is the name of an epic Marley album (and song), and it is also a common Jamaican slang for marijuana. Something to consider..

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This message was edited 4/12/2012, 6:46 PM

I can see how Kaya could to either way with pronunciation. On one hand, it's not far from Maya, so it could be MY-uh. But it's also not far from Taya, Kayla, and words like day, stay, okay, etc. So it could be KAY-uh.

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As for KAH-ya, that sounds really close to KY-uh and I don't know why anyone would intuitively say KAH-ya.

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I think both Kaia and Kaya look trendy.

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If I met someone with that name, I would not assume a spelling. I'd ask.

It doesn't matter if other people think it looks too trendy. It won't their THEIR kid.

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Yes, I think Kaia looks less trendy, but Kaya is pretty.

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I would assume it was spelled Kaia, just because that's what I've seen, but if it were Kaya it wouldn't be a big deal.

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I would pronounce it KY-uh.

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I would assume Kaya was the spelling, and that it was pronounced like Maya. It's lovely and not trendy at all, to my ears. I think Kaia is an unnecessary complication, really, although I also love that spelling. Kaya = KY-ah, and KY-ah = Kaya to me. It's really a winner of a name.

I like Kaia! If I saw Kaia, I'd pronounce it KY-ah. If I saw Kaya, I'd pronounce it KAY-ya.