Nayara

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies

Nayara by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Nayara. In the US, 18 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nayara

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

  • Nayanaeye or sight16 in the US (2017)
  • Naharalight; illumination13 in the US (2017)
  • Naaragirl or young woman7 in the US (2017)
  • Nayra14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naiara6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niyara9 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nayara

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

  • Naairahblooming flower; a form of noor or nur8 in the US (2017)
  • Narayarelating to water or ocean4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nariah144 in the US (2017)
  • Naria13 in the US (2017)
  • Naryah11 in the US (2017)
  • Narya6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nayara

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