Kaira

Kaira: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
KY-ruh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Kaira has multiple proposed origins and uses, including as a modern spelling related to Kyra/Kira and in Indian usage. Its exact etymology for this spelling is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

How popular is Kaira?

202456.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kaira in 2024185

2024 rank#1,255 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,183

Kaira is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kaira

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
  • Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
  • Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
  • Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
  • Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
  • Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
  • Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
  • Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown

Kaira questions

What does the name Kaira mean?

Kaira means "uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Kaira has multiple proposed origins and uses, including as a modern spelling related to Kyra/Kira and in Indian usage. Its exact etymology for this spelling is uncertain.

Is Kaira a boy or girl name?

Kaira is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kaira?

185 US babies were named Kaira in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Kaira?

Kaira is usually pronounced KY-ruh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.