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| Name info: About the name Kira in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | Russian |
| Topics: | Asteroid 1156 Kira, discovered 1928 |
| US 2011 rank: | #333 ... 331:Heidi, 332:Esmeralda, 333:Kira, 334:Elliana, 335:Arabella ... Full US 2011 list |
| Similarly written: | Kíra, Akira, Akira, Eira, Ira, Kara, Keira, Kia, Kiara, Kiera Details |
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| Group info: About Cyrus/Kyra, the group of names with the same origin as Kira | | Language of origin: | Old Persian |
| Info about origin, male: | from the Greek form of the Persian name Kurus or Kurush, the name of several kings in ancient Persia |
| | the most famous of these kings was Cyrus the Great (529 BC) |
| | the meaning of the name is not known for sure |
| | the early Christians saw the name as connected to the Greek word kyrios (Lord) |
| Words: | kyrios = the lord Old Greek |
| Topics: | Words |
| Variants' top ranks: | 45:Kíra Hungary 2006, 63:Kira Hungary 2011, 91:Kyra Netherlands 2008, 466:Cyrus USA 2007 |
| Old/original forms: | Kurus Old Persian, Kurush Old Persian, Kyros Old Greek |
| Name variants: | Cyra, Kira, Kíra, Kyra, Ciro, Cyrus, Kyros Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Kira | | Series | Rankings |
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| Hungary | 2011 63, 2010 72, 2009 78, 2008 71 |
| Switzerland | 1997 684 |
| USA decades | 1990-1999 371, 1980-1989 420 |
| USA yearly | 2011 333, 2010 308, 2009 299, 2008 251, 2007 267, 2006 249, 2005 241, 2004 274, 2003 285, 2002 277, 2001 285, 2000 295, 1999 288, 1998 274, 1997 323, 1996 370, 1995 387, 1994 379 |
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