Message: "Kiara" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Kiara

by Paul (Paul B.)

8/15/2018, 2:16 AM

Kiara seems to be a very Australian name, like Narelle was years back.

Thoughts?

(sadly, the most recent well-known Kiara in Australia is crime victim Khandalyce Kiara Pearce)

#Kiara

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- Jasmine (silly_rabbit)

8/15/2018, 4:45 PM

I like Kiara a lot - I just find it very pretty, like Kiana.

- NobodyOfConsequence

8/15/2018, 2:14 PM

I live in Australia and I think I've only known one Kiara but quite a lot of Kiarnas (spelled a few different ways). I do really like the sound of Kiara but prefer the Chiara spelling.

- Perrine (Destry) +1

8/15/2018, 8:05 AM

To me it looks like a misspelled/simplified version of the Italian Chiara (the Ch sounds like a K in Italian). I think it's trendy and tacky and I'd much rather see Chiara or even better Clara.

- Tisiphone

8/16/2018, 4:14 AM

Agree

- RoxStar +2

8/15/2018, 7:04 AM

It's pretty popular here in the US, especially for black girls. It's usually pronounced Kee-AIR-a.
How in the world do you pronounce Khandalyce? Like a mangled version of Condeleeza? or like Can-Da-LEESE? Or CAN-Da-Liss? Or like Candle Ice?

- Tassiegirl

8/15/2018, 6:25 PM

I arrived at Candle Ice.

- Anneza

8/15/2018, 10:29 AM

Khandalyce could also sound like Canned Alice.

- Millie (nsi) (guest)

8/15/2018, 5:14 AM

I really like Kiara, I'm not sure about it being very Australian but it's a little uncommon in England. My main and only association of the name is Simba's daughter in The Lion King II.

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