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 [ 3 syll. a-ki-ra, ak-ira ] The boy name Akira is pronounced ahKIYRah KEY. Akira's origin, as well as its use, is in the Japanese language. The meaning of the name is 'bright; smart'. Akira is a variant of Akio (Japanese). Akira is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1927, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Akira. It was #937 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then, and is of very light use today. Out of all boy names in its family, Akira was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2008. Akira has also been used as a girl name. Baby names that sound like Akira include Asier (Spanish), Asmir (Slavic), Oskari (Finnish), Acar, Akar, Akihiro (Japanese), Asger (Scandinavian), Asher (English and Hebrew), Ashur (English, Hebrew, and Swahili), Asser (German), Azaria (English), Azariah (English), Azarya (Hebrew), Azher (Arabic), Oscar (English, French, and Irish), Osher (Hebrew), Oskar (German and Scandinavian), Oszkar (Hungarian), and Osgar (Scottish). A famous person named Akira is Filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, born 23 March 1910 - 6 September 1998, Tokyo, Japan. KEY: English pronunciation for Akira: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
