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Around the world, Lyra (Lira , Лира , Lyra ) is a common principally feminine, but scarcely masculine first name. The first name Lyra is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common feminine name, Albania, and Georgia, where it is quite a rare feminine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Philippines, Russia, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Lyra is the last name as well as the forename.
Lyra is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lyra Belacqua , the fictional human created by Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass; Lyra , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Lyra Erso , the character from 2016 film 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'; Lyra Strayd , the fictional character from the television series Supergirl and Lyra Heartstrings , the fictional character from the My Little Pony Universe, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, among other works.