Sira

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning biography, life story.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sira by the numbers

Sira was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Saraprincess; variant of Sarah427 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Siyawhite or pale71 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sidraa star or the Pleiades88 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sairaflowering plant or a form of Sarah; princess20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shirasong70 in the US (2017)
  • Silastrength or virtue5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Sira

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

  • Cyra19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cira15 in the US (2017)
  • Syra15 in the US (2017)
  • Syrai9 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean life

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

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Zoeylife6,034 in the US (2017)
  • Zoelife5,140 in the US (2017)
  • Evalife; form of Eve758 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vivianalive, lively3,013 in the US (2017)
  • Vivienneliving; alive; lively1,255 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sira

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