Iara - Meaning of Iara

What does Iara mean?

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Iara

[ 2 syll. ia-ra, iar-a ] The baby girl name Iara is pronounced as YAAR-aa- †. Iara's language of origin is Brazilian. It is predominantly used in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. The name Iara means 'water lady'.

Variations of Iara include Iarah, Iarra, Iarrah, Uiara, and Yara (Arabic).

See also the related categories, water (sea), portuguese, and spanish.

Iara is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2018, among the family of girl names directly related to Iara, Yara was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Iara include Uiara, Yara, Yarah, Jari, Jora, Jori, Uree, Urey, Uri, Urie, Ury, Utarai, Utaray, Yori, Yuri, Utarae, Yaara, Yaira, Yaura, and Yeira.

† Pronunciation for Iara: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"