Syra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Syra by the numbers

Syra was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Syra

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 Syra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Saraprincess; variant of Sarah427 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Seraserenity; a form of Seraphina10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Surachapter of the quran11 in the US (2017)
  • Sirabiography, life story10 in the US (2017)
  • Syriavariant of Syra; from the country Syria9 in the US (2017)
  • Sora103 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Syra

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

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

Names about as common as Syra

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