Alyra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Alyra by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Alyra. In the US, 13 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 American peak was 21 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Alyra
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 Alyra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alynabright; a form of Alina or Aline124 in the US (2017)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyzanoble; a respelling of Alyssa or Alice24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alysaof noble birth; a form of Alyssa26 in the US (2017)
- Aluraelf ruler; a form of Allura15 in the US (2017)
- Ayra422 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alyra
Names that are said the same way as Alyra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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