Kayra
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Kayra by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Kayra. In the US, 26 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 42 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kayra
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 Kayra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kayawater296 in the US (2017)
- Karmaaction, deed, fate, cosmic principle214 in the US (2017)
- Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
- Kayinform of cain, acquired or spear17 in the US (2017)
- Kaurikauri tree of new zealand10 in the US (2017)
- Kanyavirgin, maiden7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kayra
Names that are said the same way as Kayra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Karafriend or dear; a form of Cara606 in the US (2017)
- Caradear or beloved85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Karahhead; dear; a form of Cara or Karen37 in the US (2017)
- Khairagood, excellent17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khairahgood; excellent; charitable13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Karrahprecious stone; a form of Cara or Kara10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kayra
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