Given name & surname
Iria
Iria is a feminine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Iria is a variant of Iris. An origin associated with Iris is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Iria is a variant of Iris. The history of Iris gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Iris is associated with a messenger goddess.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Iria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 100
- 10 boys · 90 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 406 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iria’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Iria has a conventional equivalent in the English form Irene. Iria has a related form in Iris.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iria
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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