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What does Ciara mean?
Ciara 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced KEE-a-ra. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Ciara is "black". Modern feminine form of Ciaran (from "ciar"), the name of two major Irish saints. Can also be traced back to Italian Chiara meaning "light", and influenced by the use of Kyra and Kiara. In the US it is pronounced with a soft "c", in which case it represents either a respelling of Sierra, or a use of the brand of perfume called Ciara (compare Chanel) introduced by Revlon in 1973. Also form of Claire.
ASSOCIATED WITH irish, black, modern, saints, light, soft (gentle)
Variations
VARIANTS Ceara, Cearaa, Cearia, Cearra, Chiara, Ciaara, Ciaran, Ciarra▼, Ciarrah, Cieara, Ciearra, Ciera▼, Cieria, Cierra▼, Cierrah, Keara▼, Keira▼, Kiara▼, Kiera▼, Searra, Siara, Sierra▼
OTHER FORMS VIA CHANEL, CHIARA, KIARA, KYRA, SIERRA Chiarina, Chiarra, Kaira, Keera, Kiarra▼, Kierra▼, Kira, Kyrra, Siera
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Ciada, ..
(male) Ciaro, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ciara Jayde (C.J.), ..
How popular is Ciara?
Ciara is a very popular first name for females (#1764 out of 4276, Top 41%) and a slightly less popular last name for all people (#140756 out of 150436, Top 94%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ciara entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its peak position of #150 in the U.S. in the year 2005, and is currently at #1007. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Ceara, Chanel (#769 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Chiara (#1391), Ciarra, Ciera, Cierra, Claire (#49), Kaira (#1429), Keara, Keira (#365), Kiara (#336), Kiarra, Kiera (#851), Kierra, Kira (#378), Kyra (#612), Siara, Siera and Sierra (#452) are the popular varying forms of Ciara (#1007) appearing in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Chiarra, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Ciara reached its most widespread 2 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.3%) and is now significantly less (ADOPTION 0.6%, 56% LESS), with versions such as Sierra becoming less in vogue. Claire has generally been popular among parents.
Similar Names
Ciara▼ is alike in pronunciation to Ceira, Cera, Cerea, Ceri, Ceria, Cerria, Cira, Ciri, Cyrah, Sahra, Saira, Sara▼, Sarha, Sari, Saria, Sarra, Sera, Siri, Siria, Zahra▲, Zaira, Zara▲, Zaria▲, Zary and Zayra. Other recommended sound-alike names are Amara▲, Atara, Caera, Cara▼, Carah, Cari▼, Carma, Carna, Caro, Cary▼, Char, Chara, Chari, Charo, Chava, Chinara, Ciana, Cilia, Cilla, Cima, Cinda, Citara, Cithara, Clara▼, Clare, Clari, Cliara, Clora, Cora▼, Dara▲, Eigra, Eira, Fara, Kara▼, Kitra, Klara, Kliara, Liora, Lira, Mara▲, Meara, Mira▲, Nira, Shara, Sidra, Tara▼, Teara, Tiara▼, Tiarra▼ and Zinara. These names tend to be less frequently used than Ciara.
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