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Yara

What does Yara mean?

Yara Pronunciation of Yara as a girls' name is pronounced YAH-rsh. It is of Brazilian and Arabic origin, and the meaning of Yara is "water lady; small butterfly". Brazilian mythology: Iara was a beautiful goddess with green hair and fair skin.

STARTS WITH Ya-

ASSOCIATED WITH arabic, water, lady (noble), small (little), mythology, goddess, green

Variations

VARIANTS Iara, Uira

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Yara Macie (Y.M.), ..

How popular is Yara?

Yara is a rare given name for females but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#61713 out of 150436, Top 41%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Yara was first listed in 2004 and reached its top position of #672 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Similar Names

Yara is pronounced similarly to Airi, Ara, Ari, Aria, Arria, Arya, Aura, Aurea, Auria, Eira, Eiry, Ira, Ora, Orah, Oria, Orra, Orya, Yaira and Yeira. Other recommended sound-alike names are Adara, Adra, Bara, Bora, Caera, Cara, Ceara, Chara, Ciara, Clara, Cora, Dara, Fabra (see Fabia), Fara, Jadra, Kaara, Kaira, Kara, Karra, Kiara, Kira, Kyra, Lara, Larra, Lira, Mara, Marra, Maura, Mavra, Mera, Mora, Myra, Nera, Nira, Nora, Ofra, Rora, Sabra, Saira, Sara, Sarra, Seara, Siara, Tara, Teara, Yaffa, Yana, Yekara, Yeva, Yoana, Yola, Yula, Yuma, Zaira, Zara and Zora. These names tend to be more commonly used than Yara.

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