Cyrena

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cyrena by the numbers

Cyrena was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Cyrena

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

  • Cyrenesupremacy, lordship; from ancient city7 in the US (2017)
  • Carena7 in the US (2017)
  • Cerena7 in the US (2017)
  • Carinadear or beloved235 in the US (2017)
  • Corinaa form of Corinne; maiden or kore64 in the US (2017)
  • Celenamoon goddess; a variant of Selena36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cyrena

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

  • Sirenasiren; a mythological sea creature43 in the US (2017)
  • Syrena12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cyrena

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