Aera
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Aera by the numbers
Aera was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Aera
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 Aera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aurabreeze or breath; luminous emanation60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
- Azravirgin; maiden27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asratravels by night27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Abrafather of multitudes; form of abraham16 in the US (2017)
- Afrawoman from africa14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Aera
Names that are said the same way as Aera, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Aaryanoble, honorable; respelling of Arya56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
- Auriagolden; a form of Aurora49 in the US (2017)
- Aairahair or lion; variant of aira33 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Aera
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