Given name & surname · also Russian
Kiira
Kiira is a feminine given name from Russian, ultimately from English. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kiira comes from Russian, and ultimately from English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Kiira developed from Kira.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kiira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 123
- 0 boys · 123 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 13 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 161 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.
Kiira’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kiira developed from the English form Kira. In Finnish usage, Kiira has a related form in Kyra. In Finnish usage, Kiira has a related form in Kira.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kiira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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