🔥Ira

EYE-ra; EE-ra

Hebrew, Russian, Greek, Finnish, Sanskrit, "watchful one; peace; protectress; earth

"peace"

Ira Origin and Meaning

The name Ira is a girl's name of Hebrew, Russian origin.

Truly multi-cultural, Ira can be: a Russian short form of Irina, meaning "peace"; a gender-switch of the Hebrew male name Ira, meaning "watchful"; a modern Greek and Finnish form of Hera, meaning "hero" or "protectress"; a Sanskrit name meaning "earth" or "enjoyment"; and a Basque nature name meaning "fern", from the word iratzea.

Annette Bening and Warren Beatty broke the ice by using this Old Testament male standard as the middle name of their daughter Isabel, and food writer Molly Yeh named her second daughter Ira Dorothy in 2022, sister to Bernadette "Bernie".

Ira Rank in US Top 1000

# 971 in the US

Popularity of the name Ira

• 1501 Nameberry 2025
• 392 Unique 2023
• 982 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Ira

• Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina "Ira" von Fürstenberg German princess, socialite and designer
• Jane Ira Bloom American jazz saxophonist
• Ira Wolf American singer,songwriter
• Ira Khan daughter of Aamir Khan

The name Ira in Pop Culture

• IRA Acronym for Irish Republican Army
• Ira pronounced "eerh,uh," traditional nickname for Irina in Slavic countries
• Ira Latin word for "Wrath," as one of the seven deadly sins
• Ira Hath character in William Nicholson's "Wind on Fire" series