Keara
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning variant of Keira; dark-haired.
Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Keara by the numbers
Keara was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 259 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keiradark-haired; a form of Ciara984 in the US (2017)
- Karafriend or dear; a form of Cara606 in the US (2017)
- Klarabright and clear; a form of Clara51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keanabeautiful; a form of Keena4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keeravariant of Ciara, meaning dark or black12 in the US (2017)
- Kealathe path or way10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keara
Names that are said the same way as Keara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Keara, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Keara
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