Elira
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Elira by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Elira. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times 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 Elira
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 Elira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisagod is my oath; form of elizabeth113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eirasnow112 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elioragod is my light; a form of Elior with feminine suffix90 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Elira
Names that are said the same way as Elira, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elira
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