Akira

Gender:
Origin: Arabic, Gaelic, Indian, Japanese, Sanskrit, Scottish
272 famous people named Akira found on Wikipedia.
6217 female, 1696 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1135-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 706-th in year 2008
Used in: Japanese

Meanings

Akira (あきら, アキラ) is a common Japanese given name. There are several kanji for Akira. A popular kanji is 明 which means "bright", "intelligent", or "clear". Though Akira is normally used to name males, it can be a female name as well.
Unrelated names with similar pronunciations occur in other cultures. In Scotland it is an anglicized female version of the Scottish male name Acair, meaning "anchor". Akira is also an Indian female name derived from Sanskrit meaning "graceful strength". Akira (Thai: อาคิรา, อาคีรา, อาคีระ) is also a unisex name in Thai meaning 'the sun' or 'sunlight'.

Dark night, heavy rain in Arabic. Bright, intelligent in Japanese. Graceful strength in Indian.

Famous People: 272 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Asa Akira 1985 American pornographic actress
2 Akira Kurosawa 1910 Japanese film maker
3 Akira Tozawa 1985 Professional wrestler
4 Akira Yamaoka 1968 Japanese composer
5 Akira Ioane 1995 New Zealander rugby union player
6 Elly Akira 1986 Japanese actress
7 Akira Haraguchi 1946 Japanese engineer
8 Akira Amano 1973 Japanese manga artist
9 Akira Fuse 1947 Japanese singer
10 Akira Maeda 1959 Zainichi Korean professional wrestler
11 Akira Corassani 1982 Swedish martial artist
12 Akira Raijin 1978 Professional wrestler
13 Akira Hokuto 1967 Japanese professional wrestler
14 Akira Yoshizawa 1911 Japanese origamist
15 Akira Mutō 1892 Japanese general
16 Akira Takarada 1934 Japanese actor
17 Akira Hiramoto 1976 Japanese mangaka
18 Akira Ifukube 1914 Japanese composer
19 Akira Takasaki 1961 Japanese musician
20 Akira Kamiya 1946 Japanese voice actor
21 Akira 1981 Japanese dancer and actor
22 Akira Yasuda 1964 Japanese animator
23 Takayasu Akira 1990 Sumo wrestler
24 Akira Yaegashi 1983 Boxer
25 Akira Miyawaki 1928 Japanese botanist
26 Akira Nogami 1966 Japanese professional wrestler
27 Akira Taue 1961 Japanese professional wrestler
28 Akira Terao 1947 Japanese actor and musician
29 Akira Jimbo 1959 Japanese musician
30 Akira Iriye 1934 American Historian
31 Akira Senju 1960 Japanese composer
32 Akira Emoto 1948 Japanese actor
33 Akira Santillan 1997
34 Akira Shoji 1974 Japanese martial artist
35 Akira Amari 1949 Japanese politician
36 Akira Nishiguchi 1925 Japanese serial killer
37 Akira Kobayashi 1938 Japanese actor and singer
38 Akira Kushida 1948 Japanese musician
39 Akira Sasanuma 1973 Voice actor
40 Akira Tago 1926 Japanese psychologist
41 Akira Isogawa 1964 Australian fashion designer
42 Akira Gomi 1953 Japanese photographer
43 Akira Mori 1936 Japanese businessman
44 Akira Masuda 1962 Japanese karateka
45 Akira Akatsuki 1977 Manga artist
46 Akira Takatsuki 1959 Japanese pornographic film director
47 Akira Fudo
48 Akira Yoshimura 1927 Japanese writer
49 Akira Iida 1969 Japanese racing driver
50 Akira Makino 1922 Japanese naval officer
51 Akira Fujishima 1942 Japanese Chemist
52 Akira Kaji 1980 Japanese footballer
53 Akira Ueda 1970 Japanese video game designer
54 Akira Lane 1981 American actress
55 Akira Fubuki 1978 AV idol
56 Akira Yoshino 1948 Inventor of lithium-ion battery
57 Akira the Don British musician
58 Akira Back 1974 Korean chef
59 Akira Nagata 1985 Japanese singer and voice actor
60 Akira Chiba Japanese businessman
61 Akira Fitzgerald 1987 Footballer
62 Akira Kikuchi 1978 Japanese martial artist
63 Akira Takaki
64 Akira Miyoshi 1933 Japanese composer
65 Akira Ikegami 1950 Japanese journalist
66 Akira Sakata 1945 Japanese musician
67 Shizuo Akira 1953 Immunologist
68 Hayashi Akira 1801 Japanese scholar-diplomat
69 Akira Mizubayashi 1951 Japanese writer and university teacher
70 Akira Oda 1956 Japanese actor and film producer
71 Akira Nishimura 1953 Japanese composer
72 Akira Yamamoto 1913 Japanese fighter ace
73 Takekaze Akira 1979 Sumo wrestler
74 Akira Fujiwara 1922 Historian
75 Akira Itō Manga artist
76 Akira Yanagawa 1971 Japanese motorcycle racer
77 Akira Takayama 1969 Japanese theatre director
78 Akira Toriyama 1898 Japanese ophthalmologist
79 Akira Kajiyama Japanese guitarist
80 Akira Yamaguchi 1969 Japanese artist
81 Akira Gunji 1949 Japanese politician
82 Akira Koike 1960 Japanese politician
83 Akira Yamada 1922 Japanese philosopher
84 Akira Asada 1957 Japanese postmodern critic/curator/Dean:Graduate School/Kyoto University of Art and Design
85 Akira Sakuma 1952 Japanese video game designer
86 Akira Oze 1947 Manga artist
87 Akira Narahashi 1971 Japanese footballer
88 Akira Sasō 1961 Japanese manga artist
89 Prince Yamashina Akira 1816 Japanese prince
90 Akira Tonomura 1942 Physicist
91 Abe Akira 1934 Writer
92 Akira Ogata 1959 Film director
93 Akira Inoue 1953 Japanese musician and producer
94 Akira Tohei 1929 Japanese aikidoka
95 Akira Morikawa 1969 Businessperson
96 Akira Sasaki 1981 Japanese alpine skier
97 Akira Kuroiwa 1961 Japanese speed skater
98 Akira Kume 1924 Japanese actor
99 Akira Nagatsuma 1960 Japanese politician
100 Akira Kanbe 0000 Japanese manga artist
101 Akira Ryō 1967 Japanese motorcycle racer
102 Akira Murata 1921 Japanese businessman
103 Akira Kojima Japanese manga artist
104 Akira Komoto 1935 Japanese photographer
105 Akira Kano 1986 Japanese alpine skier
106 Akira Watase 1980 Japanese AV idol
107 Akira Ohashi 1968 Japanese actor
108 Akira Sudou 1971 Japanese musician
109 Akira Nishimori 1961 Japanese anime director
110 Akira Murayama 1948 Japanese voice actor
111 Akira Endo 1938 American conductor
112 Akira Iwasaki 1903 Japanese film critic
113 Akira Ohgi 1935 Baseball player
114 Akira Fujii 1941 Japanese photographer and astronomer
115 Akira Suzuki 1929 Japanese non-fiction writer and freelance journalist
116 Akira Hayashi 1974 Olympic swimmer
117 Akira Asahara Magic: The Gathering player
118 Akira Machida 1936 Japanese judge
119 Akira Tachikawa
120 Akira Mitake 1956 Japanese musician
121 Akira Iwamoto 1992 Baseball player
122 Akira Kasai (dancer) 1943
123 Akira Shimada 1901 Bureaucrat
124 Akira Saitō 1995 Japanese actress
125 Akira Eguchi Pianist
126 Akira Shinoda 1948 Japanese mayor
127 Akira Furuya Japanese art director
128 Akira Kuryu 1947 Japanese architect
129 Akira Kōdate 1925 Engineer, businessperson
130 Akira Kibe 1976
131 Akira Higashi 1972 Japanese ski jumper
132 Akira Tanno 1925 Japanese photographer
133 Akira Tanaka 1918 Japanese painter
134 Akira Narita 1945 Japanese manga artist
135 Akira Ishida 1949 Japanese professional Go player
136 Akira Mikazuki 1921 Japanese lawyer
137 Akira Lenting 1990 Japanese cross country skier
138 Akira Nakamura 1934 Historian, academic
139 Akira Kuroda 1977 Japanese novelist
140 Akira Ōtaka 1957 Japanese actor
141 Akira Kinoshita 1936 Japanese photographer
142 Akira Uchiyama 1954 Japanese politician
143 Akira Matsura 1840 Daimyo of the late-Edo period, the last lord of Hirado
144 Akira Kazami 1886 Japanese politician
145 Akira Ibayashi 1990 Japanese footballer
146 Akira Hatano 1911 Japanese politician
147 Akira Niho 1990 Japanese baseball player
148 Akira Kudo 1954 Olympic medalist in wrestling
149 Akira Watanabe 1901 World scout committee member
150 Akira Nozawa Japanese footballer
151 Akira Hori 1944 Japanese writer
152 Akira Nakao 1909 Japanese boxer
153 Akira Kawaguchi 1967 Japanese footballer
154 Akira Matsu 1947 Japanese actress and politician
155 Akira Kitaguchi 1935 Japanese footballer
156 Akira Hosomi 1943 Japanese chemist
157 Akira Kuramochi 1952 Baseball player
158 Akira Rabelais 1966 American musician
159 Akira Kono 1929 Olympic gymnast
160 Akira Yanase 1988 Waterpolo player
161 Akira Eto 1970 Professional baseball player
162 Akira Kasai 1952 Japanese politician
163 Akira Ota 1957 Olympic medalist in wrestling
164 Akira Kubo 1943 Modern pentathlete
165 Akira Yanabu 1928 Japanese academic
166 Akira Ito 1972 Japanese footballer
167 Akira Takabe 1982 Japanese footballer
168 Akira Kubota 1973 Japanese footballer
169 Akira Yoshida 1986
170 Akira Koga 1994 Badminton player
171 Akira Nishino 1940 Japanese politician
172 Akira Ando 1995 Japanese footballer
173 Akira Masaya 1870
174 Akira Ishigame 1985 Japanese footballer
175 Akira Hasegawa 1980
176 Akira Matsunaga 1948 Japanese footballer (born 1948)
177 Akira Yabe 1946 Professional golfer
178 Akira Konno 1974 Japanese footballer
179 Akira Tomii 1890 Japanese diplomat
180 Akira Akao 1988 Japanese footballer
181 Akira Bamba 1986
182 Akira Oba 1976 Japanese footballer
183 Akira Ōsaka 1991
184 Akira Tana 1952 American jazz musician (1952- )
185 Akira Shichijo 1951 Japanese politician
186 Akira Komatsu 1962 Footballer
187 Akira Shiizuka 1935 Japanese cinematographer
188 Akira Nakayama 1971 Japanese musician
189 Akira Masaoka 1930 Japanese composer and surgeon (1930-2014)
190 Akira Toda 1951 Japanese composer (1951- )
191 Akira Araki Japanese mangaka
192 Akira Okuzaki
193 Akira Kanayama 1929 Japanese painter
194 Akira Nakajima 1923
195 Akira Ejiri 1943 Japanese baseball player
196 Akira Terakado 1935 Japanese painter
197 Akira Nakagawa Japanese seiyū
198 Akira Kubodera 1977 Japanese actor
199 Akira Tanba 1932 Musicologist
200 Akira Natori 1956 Japanese astronomer, discoverer of asteroids