| [ 2 syll. (s)hi-ra, sh-ira ] The girl name Shira is pronounced SHIHRah KEY. Shira is of Hebrew origin and it is also used largely in the Hebrew language. Derived from the word shiyr. A form of Shira is Shir (Hebrew). Shira is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1985 with 0.008% of baby girls being given the name Shira. It had a ranking of #988 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Among all girl names in its family, Shira was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shira include Sahar (Arabic and Iranian), Sahra (German), Sara (German), Sarah (English, French, and German), Saray (Spanish), Sára (Hungarian), Sári (Hungarian), Seara (English), Seirra (English), Sera (English, Iranian, and Turkish), Shari (English), Shary (English), Sheree (English), Sheri (English), Sherie (English), Sherri (English), Sherrie (English), Sherry (English), Shiree (English), Shura (Russian), Shuree (English), Sierre (English), Sira (German and Italian), Siri (Scandinavian), Ceara (English and Irish), Cera (English and Irish), Ceri (Welsh and English), Cheri (English), Ciera (Irish and English), Cierra (English), Cierrah (English), Sarai (English), Scherie (English), Seiarra (English), Seira (English), Shakira (Arabic), Sharay (English), Sher (English), Sheria (English), Shery (English), Shir (Hebrew), Siara (English), Siarah (English), Siarra (English), Sieara (English), Sierra (English), Siiri (Finnish), Syria (German), Cearaa (English), Cearra (English), Ceria (English), Cher (English), Ciara (Irish and English), Searria (English), Siearra (English), Sieria (English), Soraya (Arabic and Iranian), Cearia (English), Cerea (English), Cieria (English), Suraya (Arabic), and Surayya (Arabic). KEY: English pronunciation for Shira: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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