Nira
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning plowed field.
Nira by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nira. In the US, 8 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 201 babies in 1933, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
- Ninalittle girl; or from nina meaning grace318 in England and Wales (2025)
- Niapurpose or intention138 in England and Wales (2025)
- Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nikavictory; a form of Nike76 in the US (2017)
- Nairaleading, directing; from nayati29 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Nira
Names that are said the same way as Nira, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Nira, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nira
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