I would absolutely pronounce that Lah-rah.

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Anonymous wrote:Are most of you pronouncing the name with an ah sort of a or an a as in apple (like the beginning of Larry but with an a at the end)? I have heard it both ways. There's a news reporter who pronounces it with the apple sound. Just from the way it is spelled, it looks as though it should be said with the apple sound, but you never know with names.

I've heard: lar (like tar) + ah

^ different than Laura (lore-ah)

I wouldn't pronounce Laura as lore-ah. That is spelled Lora, a different name. The first syllable in Laura is more like law.

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Anonymous wrote:Are most of you pronouncing the name with an ah sort of a or an a as in apple (like the beginning of Larry but with an a at the end)? I have heard it both ways. There's a news reporter who pronounces it with the apple sound. Just from the way it is spelled, it looks as though it should be said with the apple sound, but you never know with names.

I've heard: lar (like tar) + ah

^ different than Laura (lore-ah)

^ and "Lair-ah" would grate on my ears

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Anonymous wrote:Are most of you pronouncing the name with an ah sort of a or an a as in apple (like the beginning of Larry but with an a at the end)? I have heard it both ways. There's a news reporter who pronounces it with the apple sound. Just from the way it is spelled, it looks as though it should be said with the apple sound, but you never know with names.

I've heard: lar (like tar) + ah

^ different than Laura (lore-ah)

She will always get Lara or Laura, more often likely Laura. If you are okay with the constant correction, go for it.

(My daughter's name is Maura and it a constant battle against the "Mara" and the "Laura" people...)

Anonymous wrote:Are most of you pronouncing the name with an ah sort of a or an a as in apple (like the beginning of Larry but with an a at the end)? I have heard it both ways. There's a news reporter who pronounces it with the apple sound. Just from the way it is spelled, it looks as though it should be said with the apple sound, but you never know with names.

I've heard: lar (like tar) + ah

No and because of all the issues PP raised. You can't mandate pronunciation.

I'm 45 and knew several Laras ... Three come to mind. One was Larissa but called Lara. Two others were Lara, just Lara.

2/3 were said as "Lore-ruh." This always confused me, as phonetically it should be "LAIR-ruh" like Lara Spencer says her name.

Same issue with Tara, Andrea, Cara, even Natalie (we don't cross our t's so it's Nad-duh-lee) and Julia (Jue-lee-ahh is lovely, JYOOL-yuh...not).

I love it!

Anonymous wrote:We have a good friend w/ a DD Lara (from S America)- love it!

How do you pronounce it? (one or two Rs)

We have a good friend w/ a DD Lara (from S America)- love it!

Are most of you pronouncing the name with an ah sort of a or an a as in apple (like the beginning of Larry but with an a at the end)? I have heard it both ways. There's a news reporter who pronounces it with the apple sound. Just from the way it is spelled, it looks as though it should be said with the apple sound, but you never know with names.

Anonymous wrote:It's a very popular and beautiful name in my parents' home county but I wonder if it would work in the States. It's pronounced with a rolling "R"... Think "Larrr-ra." Or is she going to spend her whole life correcting people that's it's not pronounced like "Lahr-a" or that it's not actually Laura?

I like it a lot, but no one in my Spanish-speaking home country would pronounce it with a rolling R (that would be written "Larra")

One of my daughter's friends is named Larissa and goes by Lara.

I know a Lara pronounced that way, she was born in Italy and it may be more common there. I've always loved her name.

Makes me think of Lara Spencer. I would like to be Lara Spencer.