Kirah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Kirah by the numbers
Kirah was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 57 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kirah
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 Kirah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kiralord or ruler; a form of Kyra817 in the US (2017)
- Kiranray of light, beam of sunlight123 in the US (2017)
- Korahbald; form of korach from the hebrew bible45 in the US (2017)
- Karahhead; dear; a form of Cara or Karen37 in the US (2017)
- Kiratray of light10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kiyah97 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kirah
Names that are said the same way as Kirah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kirah
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