Meera

Meera: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sea, ocean”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
MEE-ruh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Indian name associated with the medieval poet-saint Mirabai; Meera is a common modern spelling of Mira in South Asia. It is generally connected with Sanskrit mīra, interpreted as sea or ocean.

How popular is Meera?

202467.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Meera in 2024222

2024 rank#1,101 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18804,013

Meera is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Meera

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Mirapeace, world · Slavic
  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit

Meera questions

What does the name Meera mean?

Meera means "sea, ocean". It comes from Sanskrit. Indian name associated with the medieval poet-saint Mirabai; Meera is a common modern spelling of Mira in South Asia. It is generally connected with Sanskrit mīra, interpreted as sea or ocean.

Is Meera a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Meera?

222 US babies were named Meera in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Meera?

Meera is usually pronounced MEE-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.