Iyra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Iyra by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Iyra. In the US, 5 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 Iyra
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 Iyra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Irawatchful, vigilant339 in the US (2017)
- Iqrarecitation; reading162 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isranocturnal journey; from the Quran153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iyamother; term of respect and endearment16 in the US (2017)
- Iarawater lady; aquatic spirit of brazilian mythology5 in the US (2017)
- Iyla82 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Iyra
Names that are said the same way as Iyra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Iyra
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