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Comments for the name Chiara

Comments for CHIARA:

It's pronounced kee-A-ra.
-- Jenna R  2/23/2006
Chiara is my name, and I grow to like it. When I was a little girl I used to dislike it, but now at 30 I simply adore it. It's strong and feminine at the same time, simple and elegant. It's pronounced "KEE-ARA" and not "Chee-era" or "Ky-ara" like most English speaking people do. Unfortunately, in Italy it has become a very common name. Still, I like it.
-- sunbeam  3/2/2007
This name is so pretty. I don't like seeing it Anglicised, but it's understandable since the original spelling is so easy to mispronounce.
-- Anonymous User  6/23/2007
Chiara is a pretty name. It's my name and it is annoying of people saying it wrong, but that just shows that it's unique. It is pronounced kee-era. Kiara is how it sounds but it is spelled differently. Im in middle school so I hear it said wrong all the time. I hear Ciara, Chi-ara and kee-ara, but after a while you get used to it. When someone calls Ciara or any of the other names I know that they're calling me.
-- Anonymous User  10/15/2007
Pronounced kee-AR-ah or kee-Ah-ra.
-- Anonymous User  3/1/2008
I love the name Chiara. It's a popular Italian name. I can't stand Kiara/Keeara etc, though. It's NOT pronounced like Kierra as someone here wrote. It's kee-AH-ra.
-- Lily8  9/13/2008
Chiara Mastroianni is an actress, daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. She also made an album with yummy French singer Benjamin Biolay, who she was married to for a while.
-- Pie  10/22/2008
In Italy Chiara was not much common in the past, today it has become overused: it was the 7th most popular name in Rome in 1981, 1986 and 1991, the 4th in 1994 (behind Giulia, Francesca and Federica); the 3rd in all Italy in 2004 (behind Giulia and Martina) and the 5th in 2006 (behind Giulia, Sara, Sofia and Martina).
-- presentperfect  12/20/2008
My name is Chira and it's pronounced Cheera like in chamber. It's Kurdish and it means light just like Chiara. Almost same spelling, different pronunciation, but same meaning.
-- gimmeaname  3/13/2010
I have an Italian friend named Chiara and she pronounces the "r" as a "t": Kee-A-tah.
-- mllefantine  9/24/2010
Chiara, the "Invisible Girl" in E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr.
-- lcgirl20  1/7/2011

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