Given name
Sadira
“of the lotus tree”
Sadira is used as a given name. One Persian interpretation is “of the lotus tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “of the lotus tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sadira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 264
- 0 boys · 264 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 20 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 20 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 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.
Sadira’s family of names
Sadira has a related form in Sadra. Sadira has a related form in Sadeara. Sadira has a related form in Sadeera.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sadravariant
- Sadearavariant
- Sadirevariant
- Sadyrevariant
- Sadyrahvariant
- Sadrahvariant
- Sadyrravariant
- Sadeeravariant
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