>
In all the world, Šira (Шира , Šira , شیره) is a rare largely masculine, but seldom female given name. The first name Šira is habitual in Central Asia, particularly Tajikistan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare female name. More frequently, Šira is the last name as well as the forename.
Šira is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lumiya , the Star Wars character and Shira Galit , the character in The West Wing.