Ciara is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 167 girls in the United States.
Ciara belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Ciara first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #149 in 2005, and in 2024 167 babies received the name — 34,718 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Ciara is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Ciara is a girl name. In 2024, 167 babies received the name in the US.
Ciara comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Ciara first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #149 in 2005, and 167 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ciara is pronounced /ˈki(ə)ɹə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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