Yashira

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yashira by the numbers

Yashira was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 31 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Yashira

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

  • Yashikafamous, prosperous8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yasiraeasy; gentle; smooth3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yadhira5 in the US (2017)
  • Yashica
  • Yasminajasmine flower; feminine form of Yasmin21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yashnaprayer or worship20 in England and Wales (2025)

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