Kiran
किरणray of light
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Kiara
कियारा
bright, clear
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Kiara has competing proposed European connections. The naming reference links it with Italian Chiara, from a Latin word meaning ‘clear’ or ‘bright’, and with Irish Ciara, associated with ‘dark’. These are separate origins with different meanings. The research does not establish an Indian derivation or settle which route applies to a particular use of Kiara. ‘Bright, clear’ follows the Italian proposal and should be identified as such rather than presented as universal.
No dictionary entry documents this spelling with that sense, so the meaning above is the one families use, not a dictionary definition. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
कियारा is approximately ki-yaa-raa, in three syllables; an English reading is kee-ah-ra. Kiarra and Keara are alternative spellings. Chiara and Ciara are names from other language traditions with their own pronunciations, rather than automatically interchangeable forms of the Indian spelling.
Also spelled Kiarra, Keara.