Given name & surname
Cira
“a king”
Cira connects to the Cyrus name family through Cyrah. One Persian interpretation is “a king.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cira connects to the Cyrus name family through Cyrah. One Persian interpretation is “a king.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cira is a variant of Cyrah. An origin associated with Cyrah is Persian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 591
- 0 boys · 591 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,562 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,562 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,901 as a first name in 2020; 761 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cira’s family of names
Cira has a related form in Cyrah. In Georgian usage, Cira is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ცირა.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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