| [ syll. (s)hu-ra, sh-ura ] The girl name Shura is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced -SHUHRah KEY. Shura has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in Russian. Shura is a pet form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra. Shura is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Shura, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Shura include 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 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 English Shuree, the English Sierre, the German and Italian Sira, the Scandinavian Siri, the English and Irish Ceara, the English and Irish Cera, the Welsh and English Ceri, the English Cheri, the Irish and English Ciera, the English Cierra, the English Cierrah, the English Sarai, the English Scherie, the English Seiarra, the English Seira, the Arabic Shakira, the English Sharay, the English Sher, the English Sheria, the English Shery, the Hebrew Shir, 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 English Cher, the Irish and English Ciara, the English Searria, the English Siearra, the English Sieria, the Arabic and Iranian Soraya, the English Cearia, the English Cerea, the English Cieria, the Arabic Suraya, and the Arabic Surayya. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Shura: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; UH as in "hood (HH.UH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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