Kire
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Cloud
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kaɪɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kire is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in North Macedonia than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 571Kas Kyre(measured from records)
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 96K
- SISlovenia1 in 105K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kire itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- North Macedonia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 96K (inferred from the name graph)
1,994 named Кире
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Кире in MK North Macedonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Cloud.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kire counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK North Macedonia | #119 | 1,994as Кире | 1 in 1.1K | 2K | Кире | 36 |
| US United States | — | 583as Kyre | 1 in 571K | 483 | Kire | 96 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 690K | 1 | Kire | 41 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 227K | — | Kire | 33 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 747K | — | Kire | 4 |
| BG Bulgaria | — | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 96K | — | Kire | 22 |
| SE Sweden | — | 60 | 1 in 170K | 60 | Kire | 6 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 118K | — | Kire | 3 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 20 | 1 in 105K | 20 | — | 4 |
1,994 people counted by State Statistical Office — living population names. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: State Statistical Office — living population names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kire is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In poz-oce-pro, a pandanus, Pandanus odoratissimus; a mat made from the leaves of this plant
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of きれ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, genitive singular of kirg
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hungarian, sublative singular of ki
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bcm, red Eclectus parrot
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 189 | #33,047 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 63 | #33,047 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 60 | #12,078 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 44 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 41 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 41 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 41 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 37 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 34 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 33 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 33 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 32 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kire mean, and where does it come from?
- Cloud. Recorded by The African book of names.
- How do you pronounce Kire?
- A machine transcription gives /kaɪɹ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Kire a male or female name?
- Kire is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Kire?
- In the etymology graph, Cyril, Cyrille and Ciriaco are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Kiril.
- In which country does Kire have the most bearers?
- In North Macedonia, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Кире, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kire?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 60 people named Kire, about 1 in 170 thousand residents.
- How common is Kire compared with other names?
- In North Macedonia, Kire is the 119th most common given name of 2,588 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kire?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kireThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kire” — the 119th most common given name in North Macedonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.