Kiri

[Oliver]

How do you say this name? How is it pronounced? Thanks

[katiesara]

I had a friend who was french with this name she pronounced it "key-ree"

[Cetti]

I'm believe that the opera singer Kiri Ti Kanawa has her name pronounced Kih - ree.

[Quizmonster]

Kiri Te Kanawa is a New Zealander, but I believe the first name is more common in India. There - from Sanskrit - it means 'amaranthus', a flower that symbolises immortality. (Of course, it probably means something else entirely in Maori!)

Personally, I've only heard the name pronounced in the same way as the opening two syllables of the Scottish place-name, Kirriemuir. (I think that's what Cetti was getting at, too.)

[Cetti]

Yes, I didn't put it very well, did I?

The origin of this name is polynesian, and in the Maori language it means 'The Bark of a Tree' - the link will give you the correct pronunciation:

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/percakapan/i
ndonesia7days/appendix_1.htm