Indira
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning beauty; splendour.
Babies a year
14
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2006
14 babies
Indira by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Indira. In the US, 41 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 72 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Indira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Indiathe South Asian subcontinent and country; a geographical proper noun used as a personal name79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Indraking of the gods, wielder of thunder27 in the US (2017)
- Indicaof or from India; feminine form24 in the US (2017)
- Indiya3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Indigoindigo dye; deep blue color82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Indianaof or from India; feminine form of Indica44 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Indira, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Indira
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