Comments on: Name of the Day: Chiara http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7366 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:45:43 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7366 LOL, Photoquilty – hey, congrats on Fuzzhead!

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7365 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:31:38 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7365 I wasn’t trying to show you up or anything. I just was pretty sure I was in HS when the movie came out and I’m not *that* old. ;)

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7363 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:51:53 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7363 D’oh! You’re right … okay, I give up on the Lion King/Kiara reference …

]]> By: shay120 http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7357 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:26:46 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7357 I remember when I first saw this name when I first went to Italy. I was 10 years old and visiting Assisi and we went to see the tomb of St. Claire of Assisi. I thought it was pronounced (chee-AHR-ah) and instantly fell in love with it. I was so disappointed to learn that the CH was actually a K sound. I didn’t like it as much. I still like it, but not as much as I did when I thought it was (chee-AHR-ah).

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7356 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:40:23 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7356 The Lion King came out in 1994 and the sequel came out in 1998. http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=the+lion+king If the name appeared in the top 1000, it was influenced by something else, I think.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7355 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:19:08 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7355 Nope – I triple checked, because I thought the same thing! In 1988, when the movie was released to DVD, she entered at #817. A year later, she’d leapt to #114, then drifted downward. I’m not clear on the reason for the spike coming as late as 1999 – surely there’s something else, there …

Thanks to all for your birthday wishes! And yes, a year just FLEW by.

]]> By: charlottevera http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7353 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:41:19 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7353 Happy 1st birthday, Clio!

Chiara is a decidedly pretty name and would be a welcome relief from all those little “k” babies. However, I can fully appreciate its pronunciation problems; when I first saw the name — being uncertain of its origins — I was not sure how to pronounce it myself.

(Did you mean 1998?)

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7352 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:39:18 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7352 Has it been a year? Not really. It can’t be! Happy birthday, Clio!
Chiara is a gorgeous name. It will never appear on my list, though, because of a bad association, unfortunately, and a relative who bears the name.

]]> By: JNE http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/02/name-of-the-day-chiara/#comment-7351 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:33:07 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3321#comment-7351 Happy Birthday, Clio!

I’m genuinely shocked Chiara is such a rarity and perceived as a name that does not translate. It’s a fairly common name in Italy, I believe; in any case I’ve heard of the name multiple times before, which leads me to this conclusion. The pronunciation seems straight-forward and fairly intuitive (yes, one must understand the in Italian Ch is said “k,” but really, we have plenty of Ch names with that “k” sound – Christine/Christopher and variants, so it’s not all that foreign a concept). I actually quite like the name, even if it’s a little on the girly girl side for my personal use/tastes. With Sarah, (Angelina Jolie’s) Zahara, Zara, etc., it seems Chiara should be much more popular.

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