Laira
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Laira by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Laira. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Laira
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 Laira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
- Lauralaurel tree; symbol of victory939 in the US (2017)
- Larahousehold god; or shining, famous465 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laiatalkative woman; a form of Laïa58 in the US (2017)
- Laibagraceful, elegant21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liralyre; a stringed musical instrument21 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Laira
Names that are said the same way as Laira, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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