Alira
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Alira by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Alira. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
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 Alira
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 Alira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alinabright; a form of Alina or Aline1,650 in the US (2017)
- Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Alizajoyful; a form of Aliza or Alicia90 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Akirabright or clear273 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alira
Names that are said the same way as Alira, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Alira
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