Given name & surname
Kera
“little dark-haired one”
Kera is a variant of Kiera. In Irish use, Kiera carries the interpretation “little dark-haired one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kera is a variant of Kiera. In Irish use, Kiera carries the interpretation “little dark-haired one.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,458
- 0 boys · 3,458 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 128 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,430 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,430 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 54.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 128 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,185 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.
Kera’s family of names
Kera has a related form in Kiera. In Latvian usage, Kera as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Kare. In Greek usage, Kera as a surname is a transliteration of Κερά.
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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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