Sayra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sayra by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Sayra. In the US, 26 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 83 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Sayra
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 Sayra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saraprincess; variant of Sarah427 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sairaflowering plant or a form of Sarah; princess20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sayafine sand or yarn10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saaraprincess; variant of Sarah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sabrathorny cactus fruit; native-born Israeli12 in the US (2017)
- Sahradesert; a form of Sahara3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Sayra
Names that are said the same way as Sayra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
- Saraiprincess; my princess717 in the US (2017)
- Sarayprincess; a form of Sarah43 in the US (2017)
- Saarahprincess; variant spelling of Sarah31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarrahprincess; a form of sarah5 in the US (2017)
- Sairahtraveling or walking; form of Sarah4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Sayra
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