Lera
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Lera by the numbers
Lera was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 73 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Lera
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 Lera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leiaweary; a form of leah1,151 in the US (2017)
- Lenabright light; short form of Helena1,072 in the US (2017)
- Lyralyre, a musical instrument643 in England and Wales (2025)
- Larahousehold god; or shining, famous465 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leaweary; form of Leah63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lera
Names that are said the same way as Lera, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lera
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