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What does Kyra mean?

Kyra Pronunciation of Kyra as a girls' name is pronounced KEER-ah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Kyra is "lord". From the male name Kyros (see Kyrie), from the Persian and Egyptian word for "like Ra, the sun". A short form of Kyria, the Greek title of respect for a woman. In Slavonic it means "strong woman". May also be a Russian name meaning "beloved". See also Cyrah and Kiran. Ballerina Kyra Nichols; actress Kyra Sedgwick.

STARTS WITH Ky-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, sun (star), strong, russian

Variations

VARIANTS Kaira, Keera, Keira, Kira, Kyrah, Kyreena, Kyrha, Kyria, Kyrie, Kyrene, Kyrra

SEE ALSO Ciara

RELATED FORMS VIA CYRAH Ceri, Ceria, Ciri

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kyra Alisson (K.A.), ..

How popular is Kyra?

Kyra is a very prominent first name for women (#1521 out of 4276, Top 36%) but an uncommon last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Kyra was first listed in 1960-1969 and reached its apex rank of #179 in the U.S. in 2005, and is at #612 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kyra name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kyra outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Ciara (#1007 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Kaira (#1429), Keira (#365), Kira (#378), Kyrah and Kyrie (#1438) are the popular alternative forms of Kyra (#612). Other variants, like Ceria, are seldom used. These relations of Kyra were favored 12 years ago (AVERAGE #966) and are now much less conventional (#1032, 60%), with forms like Ciara becoming less stylish.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kyra, Ciara, Kaira, Keira, Kira in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kyrah, Kyrie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kyra, Ciara, Keira outside U.S.

Similar Names

Kyra is pronounced similarly to Carah, Cari, Caro, Cori, Cory, Kara, Karah, Karie, Karra, Karry, Kary, Keara, Kera, Kerra, Kerri, Kerria, Kerry, Kiara, Kiarra, Kiria, Kiriah, Kirya, Koree, Korri and Korry. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abra, Adra, Afra, Amyra, Bara, Bera, Cyra, Dora, Eira, Eydra, Fara, Hera, Iara, Kama, Karna, Kata, Kayla, Kena, Keva, Klyara, Koral, Kore, Kyel, Kyla, Kylah, Kyle, Kyli, Kymbra, Kyndra, Lira, Lora, Lura, Lyra, Mara, Mayra, Mora, Moyra, Myra, Nira, Nura, Ora, Pera, Sara, Tera, Tyra, Uira, Vera, Yara, Zara and Zora. These names tend to be less commonly used than Kyra.

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