Shayra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Shayra by the numbers
Shayra was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Shayra
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 Shayra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shaynabeautiful; from Hebrew Shaina100 in the US (2017)
- Shayagift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shairapoetess or noble; a form of Shayra37 in the US (2017)
- Shaymamark or sign; one with a distinctive mark9 in the US (2017)
- Suhayraeasy; pleasant; a form of Suhaira3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shayla239 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Shayra
Names that are said the same way as Shayra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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