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What does Mayra mean?
Mayra 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced MAY-rah, MYE-rah. It is of Irish and Latin origin, and the meaning of Mayra is "star of the sea". Variant of Maire, a Gaelic form of Mary; also a Spanish form of Maria.
STARTS WITH May-
Variations
VARIANTS Maira▼, Maire, Mairi, Moira, Myra
RELATED FORMS VIA MAIRE, MARIA, MARY Mair, Mal, Malia▲, Mame▼, Mamie▼, Manon, Manya, Mara▲, Mare, Maree, Maren▲, Maria▼, Mariah▼, Mariam▲, Marian▼, Marie▼, Marika, Marin, Marita, Marja, Marjan, Marje, Marla▼, Marlo, Marya, Maryjo▼, Marylu, Marysa, Maryse, Marysia, Masha, Maura, Maure, Maurita, Mavra, May▼, Mayme▼, Maymie, Mayria, Moire, Morag, Moya, Muire
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Mayna, ..
(male) Maymar, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mayra Gianna (M.G.), ..
How popular is Mayra?
Mayra is a very prominent first name for females (#635 out of 4276, Top 15%) but an unusual surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Mayra was first listed in 1960-1969 and reached its apex position of #195 in the U.S. in 1990, and is at #1501 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Maira, Malia (#254 IN 2018), Mame, Mamie, Mara (#681), Maree, Maren (#607), Maria (#116), Mariah (#217), Mariam (#548), Marian (#1210), Marie (#576), Marika, Marin (#1382), Marita, Marla, Marlo (#1980), Mary (#126), Maryjo, Maura (#1576), May (#1645), Mayme, Maymie, Moira (#1606) and Myra (#491) are the prominent related forms of Mayra (#1501) appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Mayra was well-received in the 1910s (USAGE OF 7.77%) and has become much less since (USAGE 0.67%, 91.4% LESS), with versions such as Mayme becoming less trendy. Malia, Mara, Maren and Mariam are four of the more fashionable birth names here.
Similar Names
Mayra▼ is alike in pronunciation to Maery, Mahra, Marah, Mari, Marra, Maurie, Meara, Meera▲, Meerah, Meira, Mera, Merah, Merri, Merry▼, Mira▲, Mirah, Miri, Mirra, Mora, Morah, Moria, Moyra, Myrah, Myree and Myriah. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bara, Cara▼, Cyra, Daira, Dara▲, Gavra, Hajra, Iara, Jadra, Kaira, Karra, Larra, Laura▼, Lavra, Madera, Madira, Madra, Maeja, Magda, Maia▲, Maida, Maiga, Maja, Mala, Malka▲, Malva, Manda▼, Marfa, Marva▼, Maryka, Maya▲, Mayah, Mayda, Maye▼, Maygan, Maysa, Moyna, Myla▲, Myrla, Myrna▼, Myrta▼, Nadra, Omyra, Sara▼, Tamra▼, Tarra, Tyra▼, Yara▲, Zara▲ and Zayra. These names tend to be less commonly used than Mayra.
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