Ciarra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ciarra by the numbers

Ciarra was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 206 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Ciarra

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 Ciarra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ciaradark or black-haired240 in the US (2017)
  • Cierrasaw; mountain range65 in the US (2017)
  • Carra8 in the US (2017)
  • Clarabright, clear610 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Carlafree woman or feminine of Karl274 in the US (2017)
  • Chiarabright or clear; a form of Clara68 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ciarra

Names that are said the same way as Ciarra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Sierramountain range; saw696 in the US (2017)
  • Sieramountain range; a form of Sierra5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sierrahmountain range; a form of Sierra9 in the US (2017)
  • Syriavariant of Syra; from the country Syria9 in the US (2017)
  • Siara39 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Syriah30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ciarra

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