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Zaira

Zaira: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“visitor; shining”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
zye-EE-ruh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Used in Spanish and Italian, often linked either to Arabic Zahra/Zaira or to literary use influenced by Voltaire's Zaïre. Etymology is somewhat mixed by usage.

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How popular is Zaira?

202457.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Zaira in 2024190

2024 rank#1,232 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18804,760

Zaira has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Zaira

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Zaira questions

What does the name Zaira mean?

Zaira means "visitor; shining". It comes from Arabic. Used in Spanish and Italian, often linked either to Arabic Zahra/Zaira or to literary use influenced by Voltaire's Zaïre. Etymology is somewhat mixed by usage.

Is Zaira a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Zaira?

190 US babies were named Zaira in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Zaira?

Zaira is usually pronounced zye-EE-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.