Fira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Fira by the numbers

Fira was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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 Fira

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

  • Fiawild deer; a form of Fiadh40 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Fioraflowering, in bloom9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Farafruitful; biblical place name3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Fizasuccessful or prosperous5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Finafine, pure; diminutive of Josephina5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Fira

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

  • Vira5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Fira

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