Shifra

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning beautiful or good.

Babies a year
58
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Shifra by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Shifra. In the US, 58 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 the US than in England and Wales.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shifra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shirasong70 in the US (2017)
  • Shifahealing, cure31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shiara5 in the US (2017)
  • Sidraa star or the Pleiades88 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sairaflowering plant or a form of Sarah; princess20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shairapoetess or noble; a form of Shayra37 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Shifra, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Shifra

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