Gender:
Origin:
Gaelic,
Greek
82 famous people named Kira found on Wikipedia.
35331 female, 27 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
378-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
241-th in year 2005
Used in: English, Russian
Kira is a usually feminine given name of ancient origin and multiple etymological derivations.
The feminine form is pronounced KEER-ə. It might be a feminine form of the name Kiran, pronounced KEER-ən. Kiran is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning "beam of light". Besides Sanskrit, there might be other etymologies from Egyptian, where the word Ki-Ra means "like Ra", or Persian. Due to the Greek interpretation of the Persian king's name Kourosh (کوروش, Kūrosh) as Κύρος (Kýros) – which was obviously modeled after the Greek word κύριος (kýrios "lord"), the feminine form being κυρία (kyría) – Kyra (or Kira) can also be understood as a variant of this originally Persian name of uncertain signification. Therefore, it is also in use as a feminine form of the Greek diminutive form Cyril. Cyrus was the name of several kings of Persia, including Cyrus the Great, who was famous for his vast expansion of the Persian Empire, conquering Babylon; he is known to many today from the Bible, for freeing the captive Jews (among others) and allowing them to return to their homeland.
In Russian Kira (Ки́ра) is the feminine form of the masculine name Kir, meaning "mistress, ruler", but can translate to "leader of the people", "one the people look to" or "beloved". Kira could also have arrived into Russian from the Persian-Greek name Kyra. Kira can also be the diminutive of the old and rare masculine given name Avvakir.
Kira is one of several Anglicized forms of the Irish name Ciara, which in Irish means "dark haired" .
There is also a Japanese name, romanized as Kira, which is common in Japan, as both given name and family name. Kira kira also means "glittery, shiny" in Japanese.
Variant forms include Kaira, Keera, Keira, Kiera, Kyra, Kyrah, Kyreena, Kyrha, Kyria, Kyrie, Kyrene, Kyrra and Kirra.
Feminine form of Russian Kir: mistress, ruler. Form of Gaelic ciar: black, dark.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Kira Kosarin | 1997 | American actress, singer and dancer |
2 | Kira Reed | 1971 | Actress |
3 | Kira Kazantsev | 1991 | American beauty pageant contestant |
4 | Kira Buckland | 1987 | American actress |
5 | Kira Kener | 1974 | American pornographic actress |
6 | Kira Roessler | 1962 | American musician |
7 | Kira Yoshinaka | 1641 | Samurai; famous for 47 Ronin stories |
8 | Kira Yamato | Fictional character | |
9 | Kira Walkenhorst | 1990 | German beach volleyball player |
10 | Kira Clavell | Canadian actress | |
11 | Kira Isabella | 1992 | Singer |
12 | Kira Vincent-Davis | 1979 | American actress |
13 | Kira Plastinina | 1992 | Russian fashion designer |
14 | Kira Ivanova | 1963 | Figure skater |
15 | Kira Tozer | 1984 | Canadian voice actress |
16 | Kira Soltanovich | 1973 | Ukrainian American comedian and writer |
17 | Kira Muratova | 1934 | Film directorScreenwriter |
18 | Kira Gałczyńska | 1936 | Polish writer and journalist |
19 | Kira Salak | 1971 | Writer, adventurer, and journalist |
20 | Kira Grünberg | 1993 | Austrian athletics competitor and pole vaulter |
21 | Kira Peikoff | 1985 | American writer |
22 | Kira Eggers | 1974 | Danish model |
23 | Kira Miró | 1980 | Spanish actress |
24 | Kira Cochrane | 1977 | British journalist |
25 | Kira Davis | American film producer | |
26 | Kira Alin | 1981 | German presenter |
27 | Kira Skov | 1976 | Danish singer |
28 | Kira Zvorykina | 1919 | Soviet chess player |
29 | Yoshikage Kira | ||
30 | Tomohiko Kira | 1959 | Japanese musician |
31 | Kira O'Reilly | British artist | |
32 | Kira Inugami | Manga artist | |
33 | Kira Willey | American songwrite, musician | |
34 | Kira | 1977 | Belgian singer |
35 | Kira Eickhoff | 1988 | German handball player |
36 | Kira Hall | 1962 | American linguist and anthropologist |
37 | Kira Nagy | 1977 | Hungarian tennis player |
38 | Kira Hurley | 1985 | Canadian ice hockey player |
39 | Kira Schnack | 1994 | German handball player |
40 | Kira Maria | ||
41 | Kira Golovko | 1919 | Soviet and Russian actress |
42 | Kira Maria Asenina of Bulgaria | Bulgarian princess and empress consort (tsarina) | |
43 | Kira Biesenbach | 1992 | German athletics competitor |
44 | Chinatsu Kira | 1991 | Association football player |
45 | Kira Carstensen | 2000 | Documentary filmmaker |
46 | Kira Noir | ||
47 | Kira Geil | 1985 | Austrian ice dancer |
48 | Kira Lynn Harris | 1963 | American artist |
49 | Kira Stachowitsch | 1990 | Austrian journalist and model |
50 | Kira Bulten | 1973 | Swimmer |
51 | Kira Toussaint | 1994 | Dutch swimmer |
52 | Kira Bousloff | 1914 | Twentieth century ballet dancer |
53 | Kira Stein | 1952 | German mechanical engineer |
54 | Izuru Kira | Fictional character | |
55 | Kira Claudi | 1994 | |
56 | Kira Poutanen | 1974 | Finnish writer |
57 | Kira Kreylis-Petrova | 1931 | |
58 | Matúš Kira | 1994 | Slovak association football player |
59 | Kira Sugiyama | 1910 | Japanese photographer |
60 | Kira Pietrek | 1983 | |
61 | Kira Gluschkoff | ||
62 | Kira Jääskeläinen | 1979 | Finnish film director |
63 | Kira Bursky | ||
64 | Kira Henehan | American author and novelist | |
65 | Kira Mozgalova | 1982 | Olympic pistol shooter |
66 | Kira Chikazane | 1563 | Samurai |
67 | Yoshiko Kira | 1982 | Japanese politician |
68 | Shuji Kira | 1958 | Japanese politician |
69 | Kira Banasińska | 1899 | |
70 | Kira Borisovna Povarova | 1933 | Russian materials scientist |
71 | Kira Gueorguievna Andronikova | 1908 | Soviet actor (1908-1960) |
72 | Kira Kattenbeck | 1992 | Badminton player |
73 | Kira Katerina Daujotaitė | 1921 | |
74 | Kira Stepanova | 1993 | |
75 | Kira Richards Hansen | ||
76 | Kira Arkadjevna Sobolevskaja | 1911 | Botanist (1911-1999) |
77 | Kira Trusova | ||
78 | Kira Leonidovna Vinogradova | 1937 | Botanist |
79 | Kira Weidle | 1996 | German alpine skier |
80 | Kira Repka | 1982 | Swedish politician |
81 | Kira Wager | 1971 | Norwegian painter |
82 | Kira Gorlaci | 1929 | Moldovan-Russian opera singer |