Given name & surname
Saira
“a woman who travels; a wanderer”
Saira is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a woman who travels; a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a woman who travels; a wanderer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,645
- 0 boys · 3,645 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 122 babies
- 2025
- 79
- #2,320 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 79 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,320 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,588 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.
Saira’s family of names
Saira has a related form in Sayra. Saira has a related form in Sairah. Saira has a related form in Sairy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sayravariant
- Sairahvariant
- Sairyvariant
- Sairivariant
- Saireavariant
- Saireevariant
- Saireyvariant
- Sairievariant
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Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Saira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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