Keirah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keirah by the numbers

Keirah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 31 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keirah

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

  • Keiradark-haired; a form of Ciara984 in the US (2017)
  • Keilahcitadel, fortress; a form of Keila30 in the US (2017)
  • Kirah25 in the US (2017)
  • Kairah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kerah5 in the US (2017)
  • KeziahGod's cinnamon, God's fragrance60 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Keirah

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

  • Kearavariant of Keira; dark-haired24 in the US (2017)
  • Keeravariant of Ciara, meaning dark or black12 in the US (2017)
  • Kheiragood or blessed; a form of Khair5 in the US (2017)
  • Keyra26 in the US (2017)
  • Kera23 in the US (2017)
  • Keirra12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keirah

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