Pronunciation Help

[indianruby]

KY-ah and cass-EE-ah

[ksheja]

Kaya/Kaia - I say Ky-a (first syllable rhyming with tie).

Cassia - I am not sure how to pronounce this. Cass-ee-a or Casha. I have never heard anyone say it.

I like both names.

[bethelbug]

Kaya is Kay rhyming with "say" and the a says "uh"
Kaia: I had a student by this name. They used the Hawaiian meaning and pronounced it as kI (long I)-A (long A)-a (sounds like uh)
Cassia- Kah-shuh

[sheflieswithherownwings]

Kaia would be k-eye-uh, the first syllable rhyming like lie, die, tie etc.

I have always said Cassia as Cass-ee-uh but now I'm wondering if I'm wrong, I adore the boys name Cassius/Cassian and say those as Cass-ee-us and Cass-ee-uhn - are those pronunciations wrong?

[neuilly]

Ky-uh and Cass-ee-uh. (I have heard the cash-uh pronunciation too, but I am more familiar with Eastern European spelling of names with that pronunciation)

[laugh-dream-love]

Kaya - KAY-uh
Kaia - KY-uh
Cassia - CASS-ee-uh

[kathrynsarah]

Thanks for your responses!

It seems like quite a few people pronounce Kaya and Kaia differently, which I found interesting. I have been pronouncing both as Kye-uh (same way I pronounce Maya/Maia), and that's the way I like it.

As for Cassia, when I first saw it, I thought it was pronounced Cass-ee-uh, and I love it that way. Cassia Wren is on my long list. I'm not a fan of Cash-uh. I'm wondering if maybe it is correct to pronounce it either way, because I know Cassius is pronounced both ways. As far as I know, Cass-ee-us is how it is pronounced in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) pronounced it Cash-us.

I guess I wouldn't use either name if there are going to be different/confusing pronunciations.

[bob=kate]

Have only ever seen/heard CASS-ee-uh and KY-uh (like first, not second) but may be a US/UK thing?

Have same problem with Eluned (I only like it El-OO-ned, sadly not the Welsh El-IN-ed) and Claudia (Cl-OW-dia or Cl-OH-dia, but hate Cl-AW-dia). What do people do about this issue?!