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 [ 2 syll. ky-ra, kyr-a ] The girl name Kyra is pronounced KAYRah KEY. 1: Kyra's language of origin is Old Persian. It is predominantly used in English and German. The meaning of Kyra is 'far-sighted; throne; sun'. Biblical name derived from khuru which means 'throne' ; khur which means 'sun'. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. Kyra is the feminine equivalent of the English Cyrus. Forms of the name include the English names Cyra, Kiran, Kiri, Kiriana, Kirina, Kirini, Kirla, and Kirra. Other forms of Kyra include the English and Russian spelling variant Kira and the English spelling variant Kyrah. 2: Kyra has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in German. The meaning here is 'of the lord'. Derived from the element kyrios which is of the meaning 'lord'. 3: Kyra's origin is Celtic, and its use, Irish. Meaning: 'little dark one, little dark-haired one'. Derived from the word ciar with the meaning 'black'. Kyra is the feminine equivalent of the English and Irish Kieran. Kyra is popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest height of its usage in 2005, 0.095% of baby girls were named Kyra. It had a ranking of #179 then. In 2008, it ranked at #238 with a usage of 0.069%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. Kyra was 5.319% more commonly used than the next ranked name, the English and Russian Kira, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Kyra include the English Kaara, the English Kaira, the Japanese Kaori, the English, German, and Scottish Kara, the English and Scandinavian Kari, the English Karie, the English Karra, the English Karrie, the English Keara, the English Kera, the English Keree, the Welsh and English Keri, the English Kerie, the English Kerrey, the English Kerri, the English Kerrie, the English Kerry, the English Kery, the English Kerye, and the English Kia. A famous person named Kyra is Actress, Kyra Sedgwick, born 19 August 1965, New York, New York. KEY: English pronunciation for Kyra: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
