| [ syll. (s)ha-ki-ra, sh-ak-ira ] The girl name Shakira is pronounced -SHAEKIYRah KEY. Shakira's origin and use are both in the Arabic language. Derived from the word shakir with the meaning 'thankful'. Shakira is the feminine version of the Arabic Shakir. Shakira is a rare baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 2002, 0.026% of baby girls were named Shakira. It was #536 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Shakira was nevertheless the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shakira include the English Seiarra, the English Sheria, the English Shery, the English Siara, the English Siarah, the English Siarra, the English Sieara, the English Sierra, the Finnish Siiri, the German Syria, the English Cearaa, the English Cearra, the English Ceria, the Irish and English Ciara, the Arabic and Iranian Sahar, the German Sahra, the German Sara, the English, French, and German Sarah, the Spanish Saray, the Hungarian Sára, the Hungarian Sári, the English Seara, the English Searria, the English Seirra, the English, Iranian, and Turkish Sera, the English Shari, the English Shary, the English Sheree, the English Sheri, the English Sherie, the English Sherri, the English Sherrie, the English Sherry, the Hebrew Shira, the English Shiree, the Russian Shura, the English Shuree, the English Siearra, the English Sieria, the English Sierre, the German and Italian Sira, the Scandinavian Siri, the Arabic and Iranian Soraya, the English and Irish Ceara, the English Cearia, the English and Irish Cera, the English Cerea, the Welsh and English Ceri, the English Cheri, the Irish and English Ciera, the English Cieria, the English Cierra, the English Cierrah, the English Sarai, the English Scherie, the English Seira, the English Sharay, the English Sher, the Hebrew Shir, the Arabic Suraya, the Arabic Surayya, and the English Cher. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Shakira: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.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)"
A famous person named Shakira is Shakira, Singer, born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll 2 February 1977, Barranquilla, Colombia. |