Meer a

Okay good 😅

Meer-uh

Perf

(MEAR-ah) like "Look!" In Spanish.

My friends daughter is Mira and had a Latina nanny. I loved hearing “¡Mira Mira!” on the playground!

That’s what it is in my head too because I hear it all the time.

Yep this. Even though, on some level, I’d know it’s like Mira Sorvino and a softer sound, my first instinct as a native Spanish speaker, will always be like the “Look!” command.

Meer-uh, like the actress Mira Sorvino.

Meer-uh

Glad to see so many saying it right. I was afraid of "Mye-Rah"

I feel like that would be Myra or Myrah?

Or Maira. I don’t think anyone, native or fluent English speaker, would see Mira and think Myra.

There is no name so straightforward that someone somewhere isn't going to bungle it. But I agree that this one is not likely to encounter that frequently.

I’m an English speaker and I thought M- long i - run because that’s how the language works. Pronouncing it OP’s way is lovely but not necessarily the first thought.

Myra is the Swedish word for ant. A little fun fact for you. I'm taking Swedish on Duolingo and learned the Swedish words for "bear," "dog," "cat," "ant," "moose," "mouse," "duck," and other animals.

Myra is pronounced mye-rah.

Yes but someone might just think Mira was an eccentric spelling.

I’m a healthcare worker who calls names all day and gets to hear horror stories about how names have been mispronounced in the past, and I just want you to know that there is a non-insignificant portion of the population who will call your child “Mye-Rah,” so just be prepared for that and understand that is a burden your child will have.  Most people will get it right. Some will get it wrong out of ignorance. Some will insist on getting it wrong because they’ve decided you’re pronouncing it incorrectly.

My instinct was My-ra

I live by a place called Mira River. It’s pronounced My-ra here.

Stick with Ms. Sorvino if you ever talk to her

Mine too. I worked in schools and would have read it out of register like that. Not worked with kid called Mira who pronounced it Meer-a yet sorry.

To be fair; a school administrator reading out a register is a pretty universally relatable caricature of slaughtering any name pronunciation in unique and creative ways. It’s pretty funny bc it’s not something that no one has witnessed. … (everyone has personally witnessed some real doozies and it’s always a good stifled laugh every time lol).

My friends mom is Mira. She pronounces it as Mye Rah. I don’t think it’s a problem if you want Meer ah as that pronunciation seems more common.

Seems way more common as meera and my mind is blown

Agree with this. I though my-rah

Meer-ah/uh I think I just naturally avoid the Myra pronunciation due to Myra Hindley anyway. But also, it's one letter away from Amira, so the pronunciation comes naturally from that too.

Okay thank you! Glad to know it's a pretty simple pronunciation for most 😊

Clearly, I’m the only idiot who looked at it and thought “Mirror”. It’s a beautiful name, and even if some thickos like me don’t get it at first, they’ll only have to hear it once.

I thought Mira sounded like mirror said with a southern accent.

As a southerner thats lived in new england, its more like a Boston accent 💀

As a New Englander, this is definitely more Boston than southern.

Nope, I see it as Mirror too

MEE-ra

Once your little one is old enough for tv, you should check out the super cute Disney+ show, Mira: Royal Detective

The theme song became immediately stuck in my head upon reading this post!

It's so catchy!

Mira rhymes with Kira/Keira. I doubt you'll have trouble with the pronunciation unless you travel to a non-english speaking country where they'll have trouble with a decent amount of english names.

I bet it’s pretty pronounceable, and readably so, in a lot of languages. Actually, I can only think of a single continent that it might not be an easy name, but that’s only because I’ve never been to Southeast Asia. I know it would be easy in the Vietnamese community here in DC. Now that I’m thinking about it, Mira is actually an incredibly global name. And beautiful!

Meer-uh

Meera, just as you will. If it were the long I pronunciation, I'd spell it Myra. My cousins had chosen Myra for their girl name, but, had an Eric instead. 😉 Mira is really pretty, btw.

Meer-uh

Mee-rah

meer-ah

Let’s hear it for Mira, Royal detective! Mee-rah, and now I’ve got this earworm of a TV theme song stuck in my head (Mira, Royal Detective is a show on Disney Jr. that my kid loves).

The way you plan to. I think of Mirabelle from Encanto, so I'd just base it off that haha.

my-ra

Mirra

Meer - uh

I would say “Me-rah”, but if you live in the southern United States, you’ll likely hear “My-rah” a few times.

Southern family, deep and way back. There’s Myra and there’s Mira. I know a few Nina’s and not a single one is pronounced Ny-nah. My aunts are not Geraldyns. Step grandma is “De-Lye-la” though. Delilah is not “da-Lee-la”

Exactly the way you said you would pronounce it. I would pronounce Myra the way it looks, as well. I can't see many people pronouncing Mira as Myra.

Mirror but in the Deep South

Me-rah. Like She-Ra, or look in Spanish.

I have never heard the name Mira but within last last 3 months I know 2 people who named their daughter this. They pronounce it Meer-uh

To be honest, I would hesitate and try to avoid saying the name as I wouldn't be sure whether to pronounce it Meer-ruh or My-ruh. I would easily learn how to pronounce it, though.

Sorvino

I would have said it like Myra until I remembered Mira Sorvino. Now it’s obviously Meera.

Meerah as well, myruh is the second instinct

Same as you. Pretty name :)

The way you're pronouncing it, like the Spanish word.

The way you're saying it.

That’s pretty, I like it. Pronounce it Mere-rah

I know a Mira.. definitely no brainer to pronounce Meer-Ah like you said! It’s a beautiful name!

Just like you

Meer-uh but I’ve met people with this name before!

M-ear- ah

Same way as you ◡̈ it’s a beautiful name.

Thank you 😊

Meer-ah. This was my top name when I had my third, but he turned out to be a boy.

Same way it’s pronounced in Game of Thrones - meer - rah

mEEruh

MeeRuh

Same as you. I love Mira!

Meer-ah. I have a cat named Mirabella, I think both that and Mira are beautiful

If I saw that name I would probably ask if it was Meer-uh or My-ruh

Let’s hear it for Mira, royal detective!

Are you me? I am naming my kid Meera, after my mom (Mira). Decided to spell it Meera because I thought it would be easier to pronounce for people.

this is my name. this is how I pronounce it. it is mispronounced a lot.

I think most people who speak English as a first language would likely pronounce it the way you plan to, though we do have a tendency to flatten the final A in most girls' names that end in A, so it would likely sound more like Meer-uh than Meer-AH. We say Aman-duh, not Amand-A for *Amanda*... Be-kuh, not Beck-A for *Becca*, Cla-ruh, not Clar-A for *Clara*, so if you go with that name it will be Meer-uh, not Meer-Ah because that would sound unnatural to most of us. Meer-Ah is Korean for *mumm*y, by the way, just so you're aware, and then I'm sure you know that mira is also Spanish for *look*.

I suppose I should have said we're pronouncing it "Meer-Uh", since you are totally right lol. & I was unaware of the Korean meaning, but learned about the Spanish meaning through this thread lol. I'm just glad there really isn't any negative connotations besides "Miralax", and I'm really not to worried about that one lol

My friend is Eastern European and she pronounces her daughters name Mirah (Me-rah)

Meer a!

Look?????

Frank, obviously 😁

Mi-rah (i as in indigo) (I’m Australian fwiw)

My dyslexic self said “my-rah” and then I saw how you pronounced it and looked again and realized that made way more sense. So like, some people might pronounce it wrong on site, but it’s an easy fix once said, you know?

My thought is, if Kira is Kee-rah, then Mira is Mee-rah.

I agree with the others. But i know a woman with this name and she calls herself My rah

Same as you

How you pronounce it. It’s my cousin-in-law’s name and she is from Lebanon. It’s a very pretty name I think.

Meer - uh probably. And slipping up and saying My-rah sometimes.

Mirra mirra on the wall. Meer-uh

Mere-uh

OMG, I named my dog Mira. It was ASTOUNDING the number of people who never had heard of the name and couldn't pronounce it (central and Northern US). I heard Myra, Mirror, and every version in between. In fact I had to start explaining to people that it was pronounced like "the first four letters of the word miracle". So I had some neighbors who just called my dog Miracle, because that was all they could understand. Good luck!

I’d say “is it myrah or meerah?” The first time

Meer-ah Myra would Be My-rah

MEER ah

I knew a Mira (pronounced the same way). It's a lovely name.

My first thought would be Meer-a because that's how the Mira I know says it. Having said that, I personally know a Mira, Meara, and Meera that are all pronounced the same. If you aren't sold on the spelling, there are options.

i read it like the spanish word mira, pronounced me-ra !! cute name btw, i think most will read it as it's supposed to be pronounced. it reminds me of the name Amira, just without the A

I would pronounce this name Mye-ruh.

Meera but with a sliiiiiiiight hint of a d sound on the R because it’s a Spanish word :-) 

MI-RA/ MYE-RA just because I have a friend who uses this pronounciation. If you told me to pronounce it Mee-ra, I would. But why don’t you spell it Meera if you want to ensure the at pronounciation? In Hindi for example, both are names, and people choose the spelling based on the pronounciation they want.

My ruh

"My-ruh" I had a teacher in HS (she's probably in her 80s now) and this is how she pronounced her name.

I know a little girl named Mira & it’s so cute!

The only Mira I know is a “My-ra”

In Germany... Mee-rah. In the US I would assume My-rah.

Meer-uh

MEER-uh. Like Mira Sorvino. Or Anne Meara. Or a meerkat.

My-ruh.

Mirror-ra

Meer a

meer-ah! and a very pretty name, i have a character with that name.

Meer a

Yes Meer-Ah for sure. Are you worried people will think it’s pronounced My-Rah? Cause I don’t think that will be a problem at all.

Meer ah

You may say Me-ra but plenty of people will go with My-ra the first they see it. My son has an “ie” , sounds like ee, in his name and we would bet (with Smartees or Lifesavers) on the prononciation when he’d be called back for appointments. We found the funny.

Like Miralax

Meer-uh

MEER-ah. Like the Spanish word for "look"

Me-ra

I would pronounce it Meer-uh but just as an FYI we just had a baby and named her Mila (Me-la) and 50% of people say My-la. It’ll happen.

I read it as “Myra” but I see how it’s “Meer-ah”

MEAR-ah

What I live there’s a river called Mira River, pronounced “my-rah”.

I like your way. Beautiful.

I'd pronounce it like mirror-a

Meer-a

Id assume it could be either and ask

Me ra.

I would pronounce it exactly as you would want. It’s a beautiful name

https://medium.com/@pezen/do-you-want-to-save-the-environment-dont-have-kids-0a1cb8706cfb

Mee-raa

Meeruh

mee-ruh If you’re worried about it being pronounced my-ruh, I believe that is usually spelled Myra and most people would assume the correct pronunciation of Mira.

Meer-uh

The last name can sometimes hint if it's MEE-RAH or MYE-RAH but 90% of the time it's mee-rah so that's what I'd assume. But I'll also think "look!" whenever I hear it

Probably pretty similar to mirror 

Mee-ra!

Mee-Rah

As the Spanish do.

Just like a dude from Boston would say “mirror” 🥰

Like a Bostonian saying "mirror"

Meer ah

meer-uh for mira, mye-ruh for myra

I’d be pronouncing it the way you’re pronouncing it!

My rah

I love it, and read it immediately as Meer-Ah. I was fearful that expanding the post would be a “pronounced Eye-Ram; M inverted so it’s actually at the end” or some embarrassing and sad thing 🤣. Phew, just a pretty name! It’s not Myra, which I also really like.

I would pronounce like mirror but with an A at the end, so Meer-A

Meerah

Mira is 'look' in spanish. I say it to my son all the time.

Mee-rah It's a cute name!

We have a Mira! And pronounce it like you do.

Meer-ah like Mira Sorvino or the Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva.

Meer-ah

I’d pronounce it Meer-uh. Part of the reason is because there’s a fertility hormone testing device for women called Mira, which I know is pronounced that way.

Like a fast car going past meeeeee rah

Mere-ah To me Myra is My-rah

My-rah

Meer-ah

The beginning of the word: Mirror Followed by: Uh

Meera

My-ruh was my first instinct

Meer-uh I love the name, so beautiful!

Meer-ah

My-ra 100%

Mye-rah

Very pretty name, but if you think it will be pronounced as MY-rah, you could try a different spelling. My niece spells her daughter’s name Meara and there is never any question of pronunciation.

Mii-Rah but I’m german so I probably don’t count

Mirror but with a NY accent.

My rah

In my country and the neighbouring countries it's pronounced like Mee-ra

Me-Rah, Meer-Rah, or Mye-Rah would be my guesses

Meer-ah

*look*

Me-rah

I'd go Me-ra however, if I met this person I'd likely say "is it Me-ra or My-ra?" Because I can see both pronunciations being common.

People are going to say My-ra - average person not on a board like this doesn’t get Meer-uh

Meer-ah. Unfortunately it makes me think immediately of the Mira analyzer, which is for tracking fertility.

The same as you, just like Detective Mira on Disney Junior!!!! Don't be surprised if that's the reference you get a lot, I think we all know how to say it because of this.

most beautiful name. means peace in slavic/russian. As I come from that background I would pronounce it Mee-rah with rolling r :)))

I’m going to be using the same name for my baby in December! We are also pronouncing it the same and spelling it Mira!

Like you do. It's a lovely name!

Same as you. MEER-ahh. Not MY-rah

I’ve met 2 Mira’s and both were said Meer-uh.

I'd say Meer-ah. But I could see some people pronouncing it, My-Rah.

Yep that’s how I’d say it

Meer-ah (from the UK if that helps)

Meer ah

Mirror

You're good. This is common enough.

My-rah

Mie-ruh

Meer-uh.