Ira


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew, Indian
283 famous people named Ira found on Wikipedia.
53462 male, 5911 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 957-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 57-th in year 1881
Used in: Biblical, English, Hebrew, Russian

Meanings

A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.

Ira is a male and female given name. In Sanskrit, Ira (ईरा) is the name of the wind-god who is father of the God of strength and devotion, Hanuman. Ira (इरा) is the daughter of Daksha who was married to the sage Kashyap. Ira is also another name for the goddess Sarasvati, and for Earth in Sanskrit.
In Russia and Finland, Ira is a female given name, which is the short form of the Greek name Eirene. Eirene was a Greek goddess that was the personification of peace, and the name itself means peace. Ira can be a nickname for Ireneo, Irenej, Ireneus, and Irinij.
In Hebrew, the name Ira (עִירָא, Modern Hebrew Ira, Tiberian Hebrew ʻÎrâ) has several meanings, among them "watchful" and "wild ass".

Masc. proper name, from Hebrew, literally "watchful," from stem of 'ur "to awake, to rouse oneself."

Earth, Godess Sarswati. Means: watchful in Hebrew.

Famous People: 283 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ira von Fürstenberg 1940 German princess
2 Ira Glass 1959 American radio personality
3 Ira Hayes 1923 United States Marine
4 Ira Dubey 1984 Indian actress
5 Ira Gershwin 1896 American lyricist
6 Ira Einhorn 1940 American murderer and fugitive from justice
7 Ira Levin 1929 Novelist, playwright
8 Ira Rennert 1934 American businessman
9 Ira Singhal Indian civil servant
10 Ira Koesno 1969
11 Ira Losco 1981 Maltese singer
12 Ira Aldridge 1807 Stage actor
13 Ira Flatow 1949 American radio, television, web journalist
14 Ira Sachs 1965 American filmmaker
15 Ira Sorkin 1943 American lawyer
16 Ira Trivedi Indian novelist, yogini, entrepreneur, speaker and globe trotter
17 Ira Kaplan 1957 American guitarist
18 Ira Steven Behr 1953 Television producer
19 Ira Clarence Eaker 1896 United States Air Force general
20 Ira D. Sankey 1840 American gospel singer and composer
21 Ira Magaziner 1947 American political advisor
22 Ira David Wood III 1947 American actor
23 Ira Newborn 1949 American musician and composer
24 Ira Louvin 1924 American country music singer, mandolinist and songwriter
25 Ira Newble 1975 American basketball player
26 Ira Isaacs 1951 American film director and shock artist
27 Ira Reiner 1936 American politician
28 Ira Berlin 1941 American historian
29 Ira Cruz Filipino musician
30 Ira Allen 1751 American politician
31 Ira Remsen 1846 American chemist
32 Ira Swara 1980
33 Ira Stanphill 1914 American composer
34 Ira Joe Fisher 1947 American journalist
35 Ira Bernstein 1959 American dancer
36 Ira A. Fulton 1931 American businessman
37 Ira Cohen 1935 American photographer and writer
38 Ira Elliot 1963 Musician
39 Ira Heiden 1966 American actor
40 Ira Harris 1802 American politician
41 Ira Angustain 1958 American actor
42 Ira Sullivan 1931 American jazz musician
43 Ira Katznelson 1944 American academic
44 Ira Gitler 1928 American sports journalist
45 Ira Shor 1945 American philosopher
46 Ira P. Rothken Intellectual Property Lawyer
47 Ira M. Lapidus 1937 American educator
48 Ira D. Wallach 1909 American businessman
49 Ira Mellman American biologist
50 Ira May 1987 Swiss soul singer
51 Ira Skutch 1921
52 Ira Riswana 1977 Indonesian actress
53 Ira Glasser 1938 American activist
54 Ira Byock American physician
55 Ira Berkow 1940 American sports columnist
56 Ira Stoll 1972 American journalist
57 Ira Progoff 1921 American psychologist
58 Ira Roe Foster 1811 American general, politician and businessman
59 Ira Nadel 1943 American writer
60 Ira Fuchs 1948 American computer scientist
61 Ira Michael Heyman 1930 American lawyer
62 Ira Murchison 1933 Athletics competitor
63 Ira Baldwin 1895 American agricultural bacteriologist
64 Ira Reiss 1925 American sexologist
65 Ira Deutchman 1953 American film producer
66 Ira Flagstead 1893 American baseball player
67 Ira Babcock 1808 American pioneer
68 Ira Aten 1862 American sheriff
69 Ira Silverstein 1960 American politician
70 Ira Tucker 1925 American singer
71 Ira Ishida 1960 Japanese writer
72 Ira Coleman 1956 American musician
73 Ira Drukier American hotelier
74 Ira Bowman 1973 American basketball player-coach
75 Ira Eisenstein 1906 American rabbi
76 Ira Atari 1977 Musician
77 Ira Harge 1941 American basketball player
78 Ira W. Claflin 1834 American Civil War
79 Ira Joy Chase 1834 American politician
80 Ira J. Kurzban 1949 American civil rights and immigration lawyer
81 Ira Matthews 1957 Player of American football
82 Ira H. Abbott 1906 American aerospace engineer
83 Ira Needles 1893 Canadian academic administrator
84 Ira A. Lipman 1941
85 Ira Terrell 1954 American basketball player
86 Ira Sharkansky 1938 Political scientist
87 Ira B. Bernstein 1924 American physicist
88 Ira Wolfert 1908 American journalist
89 Ira Rodgers 1895 American football, basketball, baseball, and golf player and coach
90 Ira Forman 1952 American activist
91 Ira Hansen 1960 Member of the Nevada State Assembly
92 Ira Pastan 1931 American scientist
93 Ira Madison III
94 Ira Chernus 1946 American historian
95 Ira S. Bowen 1898 American physicist and astronomer
96 Ira Schnapp 1892 Graphic designer
97 Ira North 1922 Author and editor, Preacher at Madison Church of Christ
98 Ira Black 1941 American physician and neuroscientist
99 Ira Silverberg Literary agent
100 Ira Clifton Copley 1864 American publisher, politician, and utility tycoon
101 Ira Van Gieson 1866 American pathologist
102 Ira Lewis 1932 American actor, writer, and playwright
103 Ira Hinckley 1828 Canadian Mormon leader
104 Ira Herskowitz 1946 American geneticist
105 Ira Thomas 1881 American baseball player
106 Ira Hillary 1962 American football player
107 Ira James Cunningham 1905 New Zealand scientist
108 Ira Wallach 1913 American screenwriter
109 Ira Rubin 1930 American professional contract bridge player
110 Ira Jackson American academic
111 Ira Gasman American writer
112 Ira Steward 1831 American labor leader
113 Ira Hyman American psychologist
114 Ira F. Stone American rabbi and theologian
115 Ira Basen Canadian radio producer
116 Ira S. Webb 1899 Film producer, Set decorator
117 Ira H. Morgan 1889 American cinematographer
118 Ira Spring 1918 American environmentalist
119 Ira Malaniuk 1919 Austrian singer
120 Ira Davenport 1887 American track athlete, baseball player, American football player and coach
121 Ira Carmen 1934 American political scientist
122 Ira Condict 1764 Presbyterian and Dutch Reformed minister, 3rd Rutgers University president
123 Ira W. Wood 1856 American politician
124 Ira Ruskin 1943 American politician
125 Ira Clinton Welborn 1874 United States Army Colonel, Medal of Honor recipient
126 Ira Hobart Evans 1844 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
127 Ira B. Harkey Jr. 1918 American journalist
128 Ira B. Thompson 1889 American politician
129 Ira G. Hersey 1858 American politician
130 Ira J. McDonald 1895 American politician
131 Ira Hatch 1835 American Mormon pioneer
132 Ira Westover 1795 Texian Army officer
133 Ira Tiffen 1951
134 Ira Allen Eastman 1809 American politician
135 Ira Brown 1982 Japanese Basketball player from America
136 Ira Vannut 1994 Belgian figure skater
137 Ira Jones 1923 Author and United States Army soldier
138 Ira Schneider 1939 American artist
139 Ira Landrith 1865
140 Ira D. Gruber 1934 American military historian
141 Ira De Ment 1931 United States District Judge
142 Ira Gordon 1947 American football player
143 Ira Gollobin 1911 American lawyer
144 Ira Longini American biostatistician
145 Ira Schuster 1889 American songwriter and musician
146 Ira Sadoff 1945 American poet
147 Ira J. Condit 1883 American horticulturalist
148 Ira Berkowitz 1939 American writer
149 Ira Hutchinson 1910 Major League Baseball pitcher
150 Ira Block 1949 American photographer
151 Ira Hall 1892 American racing driver
152 Ira Ingram 1788 American politician
153 Ira Anders 1942 American politician
154 Ira Rakatansky 1919 American architect
155 Ira W. Drew 1878 American politician
156 Ira Sherman 1950 American sculptor
157 Ira Coleman Batman 1862 American politician
158 Ira Sherwin Hazeltine 1821 American politician
159 Ira C. Brownlie 1873 American sports coach
160 Ira Rubinoff 1938 Biologist
161 Ira E. Rider 1868 American politician
162 Ira Neimark American business executive and writer
163 Ira Hough 1842 Recipient of the Medal of Honor
164 Ira T. Carrithers 1886 American football and basketball coach
165 Ira Noel Gabrielson 1889 Entomologist
166 Ira Vail 1893 American racing driver
167 Ira Gaines Character from the television series 24
168 Ira B. Hyde 1838 American politician
169 Ira Pratt American football coach, music professor
170 Ira von Mellenthin 1964 German journalist and author
171 Ira DeCordova Rowe 1928 Jamaican judge
172 Ira B. Jones American judge
173 Ira Joralemon 1884
174 Ira E. Robinson 1869 American politician
175 Ira Diana Mazzoni 1960 German art historian and journalist
176 Ira Pauly 1930 American psychiatrist
177 Ira P. DeLoache 1879
178 Ira Mathur Trinidadian and Tobago journalist
179 Ira Richardson 1871 President of Northwest Missouri state University
180 Ira Mark Bloom 1944 American lawyer
181 Ira W. Jayne 1882 American judge
182 Ira Vandever 1980 American football player
183 Ira Glick American psychiatrist
184 Ira Pierce American football coach
185 Ira B. Lamster American academic
186 Ira Eaker 1921 American publisher
187 Ira Nowinski 1942 Photographer
188 Ira Johnson 1880 American football coach
189 Ira Cook 1821 American businessman and politician
190 Ira Jacknis American anthropologist
191 Ira C. Owens 1936 United States general
192 Ira G. Hedrick 1868 Civil engineer
193 Ira S. Nash American cardiologist
194 Ira Lunan Ferguson 1904 American writer
195 Ira B. Bradford 1851 American politician
196 Ira Townsend 1894 Major League Baseball pitcher
197 Ira Trombley 1952 American politician
198 Ira McLaughlin 1891 Canadian politician
199 Ira Coray Abbott 1824
200 Ira K. Wells 1871 Puerto Rican judge