Kira

See also: kira

English

Etymology

Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːrə/, /kɪrə/

Proper noun

Kira

1. A female given name from Persian or Irish.
   • 2022 April 28, Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, “After epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The ordeal is a world away from Kira now as she plays games on her new iPad while absently talking about downloading more apps to play music, and voicing her excitement over reuniting soon with her grandfather’s girlfriend.

Translations

female given name

• Russian: Ки́ра (ru) f (Kíra)

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Rika, ikra, krai, raik, raki, rika