Zayra
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in England and Wales.
Zayra by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Zayra. In the US, 40 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 82 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zayra
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 Zayra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zarablooming flower or princess625 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahraflower; blooming418 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zairaflower, blooming; feminine form of Zair49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaydagrowth; abundance; a form of Zaida104 in the US (2017)
- Zaynabeauty or grace; a form of Zaynab73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaarablooming flower; a form of Zara34 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zayra
Names that are said the same way as Zayra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zarahblooming flower; a form of Sarah or Zara42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahraathe shining one; a form of Zahra13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Xaraprincess; a variant of Sarah29 in the US (2017)
- Zairahblooming flower; a form of Zaira15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahrahflower, blooming14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaraiblooming flower; a form of Sarah11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zayra
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