🔥Ira

EYE-ruh; EER-uh

Hebrew, Sanskrit

"watchful one; wind"

Ira Rank in US Top 1000

# 975 in the US

Ira Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 144 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ira

• 975 US 2024
• 144 Nameberry 2025
• 149 Unisex 2024
• 653 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Ira

• Ira Khan Daughter of Indian Actor Aamir Khan
• Ira Marvin Levin American novelist
• Ira Frederick Aldridge American Shakespearean actor
• Ira Allen American revolutionary of the Green Mountain Boys, brother of Ethan Allen, founder of Vermont
• Israel "Ira" Gershwin American lyricist
• Ira Jeffrey Glass American NPR radio presenter and journalist
• Ira Flatow American radio presenter
• Ira Hamilton Hayes U.S. Marine in the photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima
• Ira Louvin (born Ira Lonnie Loudermilk) American country singer of the Louvin Brothers
• Ira Wells Wood U.S. Congressman from New Jersey
• Ira Allen Eastman U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire
• Ira Clifton Copley American publisher and Congressman from Illinois
• Ira David Sankey American gospel singer
• Ira Kaplan American lead singer of band Yo La Tengo
• Ira Wood American actor
• Russell Ira Crowe Australian actor
• John Ira Shepherd Hanson (b. 2008) son of American musician Zac Hanson

The name Ira in Pop Culture

• Ira Silverberg father of Norah in book/film "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"
• Ira Buckman character on TV's "Mad About You"
• Ira Kane character in movie "Evolution"
• Ira Lee "Tripp" Williams character on TV's "Living Single"
• Ira Rosso character in '10 Kids, No Pets', by Ann M Martin
• Ira one of the Castor clones on TV's "Orphan Black"
• Ira Gaines character on TV's "24"
• Ira Goldstein ASB Bank ad character in New Zealand
• Ira Hogeboom character in the video game L.A. Noire
• Ira Wright character in the 2009 film "Funny People"
• IRA Acronym for Irish Republican Army, a dissident republican group
• 'Ira' is also Latin for wrath one of the seven deadly sins
• Ira Levinson character from 'the longest ride', book and film