Kira

Where Kira comes from

Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].
— Wiktionary's entry for Kira
  • Persian
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    Kira Muratova born
    Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress
  2. 1938
    First appearance
    #4,342 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1997
    Kira Kosarin born
    American actress and singer
  4. 2005
    Peak, #241
    1,391 babies named Kira — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #455.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Persian or Irish.
Namesakes
  • Kira Muratova · Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress, 1934–2018
  • Kira Kosarin · American actress and singer, born 1997
  • Kira Zvorykina · Soviet chess player, 1919–2014
  • Kira Rudik · Ukrainian politician, born 1985
  • Kira Yarmysh · Alexei Navalny's spokesperson and writer, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.