Kira

Russian feminine variation of Cyrus

"throne"

Kira Origin and Meaning

The name Kira is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "throne".

Though such cognates of Kira as Keira, Kyra, and Ciara are evermore popular throughout Europe and in the U.S., this Cyrus relative has a different root. Variations include Keera, Kiera, Kierra, Kirah, Kiri, Kiria, Kiriah, Kiro, Kirra, Kirrah, Kirri, Kirya, and Kyra.

Kira Rank in US Top 1000

# 390 in the US

Kira Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 456 on Nameberry

Kira Popularity

• 390 US 2022
• 456 Nameberry 2024
• 999 Future 2028
• 486 England 2021
• 134 Germany 2016
• 183 Switzerland 2022
• 160 Poland 2020

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Famous People Named Kira

• Kira Kirillovna Grand Duchess of Russia
• Kira Auguste Viktoria Friederike Princess of Prussia; daughter of Grand Duchess Kira
• Kira Davis American film producer
• Kira Hall American anthropologist
• Kira Reed American actress
• Kira Roessler American musician
• Kira Salak American writer
• Kira Vincent Davis, American voice actress
• Kira Willey American musician
• Kira Nicole Kosarin American actress, singer and songwriter
• Kira Katherine McIntyre (b. 2011) daughter of American singer,songwriter and actor Joey McIntyre
• Kira Girard Newman, mother of dancer Kalani Hilliker, featured on Lifetime’s “Dance Moms”

Kira in Pop Culture

• Kira Walker main character in Dan Well's "Partials" series
• Kira Argounova main character in Ayn Rand's "We the Living"
• Major Kira Nerys character in TV's "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
• Kira "killer" in anime "Death Note"
• Kira Watanabe Finster, character in animated series "Rugrats"
• Kira Sarah Manning's daughter on TV's Orphan Black
• Kira Ford Yellow Dino Power Ranger on TV's Power Rangers Dino Thunder
• Kira main character in Lois Lowry's "Gathering Blue"
• Kira Yukimura character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
• Kira Gelfling character in "The Dark Crystal"
• Kira Klay character on TV's "Dirt"
• Kira Cooper character on TV's "K.C. Undercover"
• Kira Mattel Barbie doll
• Kira character in film "Xanadu"
• Kira Vocaloid producer
• Yoshikage Kira antagonist in the manga/anime "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"