Given name & surname
Yera
“having bitter grace; refers to the Virgin Mary”
Yera is used as a given name and a surname. One Basque interpretation is “having bitter grace; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Basque interpretation is “having bitter grace; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Basque.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 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. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 as a first name in 2020; 567 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yera’s family of names
Yera has a related form in Yerah. Yera has a related form in Yerra. Yera has a related form in Yerrah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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