Given name
Cahira
“a woman warrior”·“a mighty warrior”
Cahira is a feminine form of Cahir. One Irish interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish use, Cahira carries the interpretation “a woman warrior.” Cahira is a feminine form of Cahir. One Irish interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
Cahira is used as a feminine counterpart of Cahir.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cahira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cahira’s family of names
Cahira is a feminine form of Cahir. Cahira has a related form in Caheara. Cahira has a related form in Cahearah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Cahearahvariant
- Cahearavariant
- Cahierahvariant
- Caheirahvariant
- Cahyrahvariant
- Caheerahvariant
- Cahieravariant
- Caheiravariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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