Adra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Adra by the numbers
Adra was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1971, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Adra
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adanoble, nobility1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Audrastorm174 in the US (2017)
- Adirastrong; mighty126 in the US (2017)
- Aurabreeze or breath; luminous emanation60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adorabeloved, adored; form of adorabilis23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adra
Names that are said the same way as Adra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Adrea6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Adra
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