Mom and dad

mom liked natalie
dad liked talia

both have the 'allie' ('alie' and 'ali') sound in them so they decided on allie.

Both my mum and dad arrived at the decision to call me nicole, though my mum wears the trousers in their relationship so she probably had the last say :p they said if I were a boy i'd have been called nick, and funnily enough, the name nik (spelt like that) is a frequently used nickname of mine

So you're really an allie not an alison? Cool.

Yup!
thankfully cos alison sounds old..

How about yours kia?

My mom and dad did! Originally, they thought I was a boy so they had the name shawn ryan.. But I came out a girl so to improvise, they named me shauna rae.

My mom chose my name.
My middle name ellen is after my great grandma.

If I was a boy I would have been clifford!

Cool, wait is kia your real name?
Clifford the big red dog! Sorry just made me think of that haha

my real name is top secret

O0o0o0o just asked cos ive never heard of kia before, only um tia, mia and gia...Lol

My name in polish is .Natalia
but my mom had me called .Natalie for americans,
she didnt realize many nationalities keep their original names

Yeah kia is that your real name?

Is it kia like mia? I've always read it as kia where the I sounds like eye.

I don't know why I read it as that, seeing as how the car company is pronounced kia where it sounds like key-a.

Anyway...

Lol I think of all the 'ia' names as 'key-a' sounding. With tia and gia it definately is.

Yeah it's pronounced key-ah. It's not my real name given by my parents, but it is a real name lol.

I abhor my real first name - it does not suit me, so in most instances I go by kia in real life too, have done for a good few years.

Cool its like that store ikea...By the sound. Why did u pick that?

I have no idea.

I went by breeze for ages.
I just like the way kia looks and I like the sound.

In it's stricest sense it is said more like kier - rhymes with wier like in river...

But is most commonly said key-ah with the shorter ah sound.

Oh cool

My mom's first choice was to name me after her - davina but she thought I wouldn't like it, so she changed her mind

Aw is it really that bad? I hate my surname lol