Kera
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Kera by the numbers
Kera was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 128 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kera
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 Kera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keiradark-haired; a form of Ciara984 in the US (2017)
- Kiralord or ruler; a form of Kyra817 in the US (2017)
- Karafriend or dear; a form of Cara606 in the US (2017)
- Kyralord; lady; feminine form of Cyrus88 in England and Wales (2025)
- Koramaiden; form of Kore or Cora503 in the US (2017)
- Kieradark-haired; a form of Ciara356 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kera
Names that are said the same way as Kera, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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