Leaira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Leaira by the numbers

Leaira was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Leaira

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

  • Leira28 in the US (2017)
  • Laira5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leara3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
  • Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
  • Lauralaurel tree; symbol of victory939 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Leaira

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

  • Lera10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Leaira

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