Neira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Neira by the numbers

Neira was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Neira

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

  • Nairaleading, directing; from nayati29 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neilachampion; a form of Niamh32 in the US (2017)
  • Neerawater, liquid11 in the US (2017)
  • Niraplowed field4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neima5 in the US (2017)
  • Nedra

Sounds like Neira

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

  • Nereaof the sea nymphs; mermaid6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Neira

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