Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas

Time for another installment of the short and catchy!
(first two here: Aias, Anas, & ArasIas, Inas, & Itas)
Since English is an outlier with our treatment of 'i's and 'y's, I'll be separating them by sound rather than by spelling. ;)
(and yes, many do have different pronunciations as well)

"EER-ah"
  • Cira/Sira (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian)
  • Dyra (Swedish)
  • Fira (Russian)
  • Gvira (Hebrew)
  • Hira (Turkish, Arabic)
  • Ira (Russian, Greek, Basque) [separate derivations]
  • Kira (English, Russian, Japanese, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
  • Mira (English, Hindi, Slavic) [multiple derivations]
  • Nira (Hebrew, Russian) [separate derivations]
  • Rira (Persian, Japanese) [separate derivations]
  • Shira (Hebrew)
  • Tsira (Georgian)
  • Tyra (Swedish)
  • Vera (English)
  • Vira (Ukrainian)

"EYE-rah"
  • Aira (Finnish, Estonian, Latvian)
  • Cyra (English)
  • Daira (Latvian)
  • Eira (Welsh)
  • Kaira (Estonian, Latvian)
  • Kayra (Turkish) [unisex]
  • Kyra (English)
  • Lyra (English)
  • Maira (Spanish, Portuguese, [ancient] Greek, Latvian) [multiple derivations]
  • Mayra (Spanish)
  • Myra (English)
  • Naira (Spanish, Aymara)
  • Saira (Indian [Urdu?])
  • Tyra (English)
  • Vaira (Latvian)
  • Yaira (Hebrew)
  • Zaira (Italian)

"EE-lah"
  • Cila (Portuguese)
  • Čila (Croatian)
  • Dila (Turkish)
  • Gila (German, Hebrew) [separate derivations]
  • Hila (Hebrew)
  • Ila (Hindi)
  • Jila (Persian)
  • Lila/Leela (Hindi)
  • Mila (English, Slavic, French, Portuguese, Scandinavian)
  • Nila/Neela (Hindi)
  • Phila ([ancient] Greek)
  • Shila/Sheela (Hindi)
  • Síle/Sheila (Irish, English)
  • Svila (Serbian)
  • Tila (Spanish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
  • Tzila (Hebrew)
  • Zhila/Zheela (Persian)

"EYE-lah"
  • Aila (Finnish)
  • Ayla (Turkish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
  • Baila/Beila (Yiddish)
  • Gaila ([medieval] Basque)
  • Ila (English)
  • Isla (Scottish, English)
  • Kyla (English)
  • Laila (Scandinavian)
  • Lila/Lilah (English)
  • Lyla (English)
  • Maila (Estonian, Scandinavian, Portuguese)
  • Naila (Arabic)
  • Raila (Finnish)
  • Saila (Finnish)
  • Twila/Twyla (English)

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