Beira
loc · Latin script
Meaning: side, edge
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Beira is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- PTPortugal≈1 in 75K(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 121K
- MZMozambique≈1 in 51K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 50 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)
1,751 people
Highest-authority source
Mozambique, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Be-Ira in PH Philippines.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
side, edge
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Beira 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 1,751 | 1 in 121K | 1.8K | Beira | 50 |
| MZ Mozambique | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Beira | 2 |
| PH Philippines | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 333K | — | Be-Ira | 7 |
| PT Portugal | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 75K | — | Beira | 22 |
| AO Angola | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 375K | — | Beira | 1 |
| UY Uruguay | 30 | 1 in 113K | 30 | — | 7 |
1,751 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Beira 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 Portuguese, edge, margin, border
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Mozambique place name; Portuguese: 'shore'
as a nameAfrican Names
In Basque, glass (material)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, border, edge, brim, limit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.8K | #5,521 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 30 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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 Beira mean, and where does it come from?
- side, edge Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese.
- In which country does Beira have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Beira, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled beira.
- How common is the name Beira?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,751 people named Beira, about 1 in 121 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/beiraThe 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, “Beira”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.