Given name & surname
Heera
“as precious as a diamond”
Heera is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “as precious as a diamond.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “as precious as a diamond.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 0 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,403 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +80%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,403 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 282 as a first name in 2020; 157 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.
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