Sierra - Meaning of Sierra

What does Sierra mean?

[ 3 syll. sier-ra, si-e-rra ] The baby girl name Sierra is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced Siy-EH-R-aa- †. Sierra has its origins in the Spanish language and it is used largely in English. The name is derived from the Spanish word sierra, in reference to a mountain range with jagged peaks, and favored for its allusion to the beauty of nature. It has recently been adopted by English speakers, and its use promoted in the USA after the Ciara brand of perfume was introduced by Revlon in 1973. Although the forms starting with 'C-' are pronounced with a hard 'K-' in Irish, the influence of the perfume brand, which is pronounced like Sierra, has led to many US speakers using the soft 'C-' pronunciation. In the USA, the Sierra Club is also well-known as the largest grassroots environmental organization.

The name Sierra is used to a great extent; it has 30 forms. Forms of the name include Ceara, Cearra, Ciara, Ciera, Seaira, Searah, Searra, Searria, Seeara, Seera, Seiarra, Seira, Seirra, Serra, Seyera, Siera, Sieria, Sierrah, Sierrea, Sierriah, Syera, and Syerra. Other English forms include the spelling variants Cierra, Seara, Siara, Siarah, Siarra, Sieara, Siearra, and Sierre.

See also the related form, the English Kierra.

See also the related categories, mountain, favored (holy), soft (poor), english, word (element), spanish, irish, and perfume (smell).

Sierra is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest height of its usage in 1998, 0.302% of baby girls were named Sierra. It had a ranking of #51 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then. In 2018, it ranked at #452 with a usage of 0.037%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Sierra has mainly been a baby girl name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Sierra include Sagara, Sagheerah, Saghirah, Sagira, Saheera, Sahira, Sahirah, Sakarah, Sakaree, Sakarey, Sakari, Sakarie, Sakarree, Sakarri, Sakarrie, Sakkarah, Sakura, Sakurah, Sarahi, and Saree.

† Pronunciation for Sierra: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"



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