Kira is a girl's name of Japanese 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 684 girls in the United States.
Kira belongs to the Japanese and English & American 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, Kira first appears in Social Security records in 1938. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #241 in 2005, and in 2024 684 babies received the name — 40,018 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Kira is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Kira is a girl name. In 2024, 684 babies received the name in the US.
Kira comes from the Japanese, English & American and Persian tradition.
Kira first appears in US records in 1938. Its best-ever ranking was #241 in 2005, and 684 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kira is pronounced /kiːrə/ (IPA).
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