Jira
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Related by blood
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jira is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- KEKenya≈1 in 102K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 502K
- CZCzechia1 in 5.4M
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 Jira 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 33 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 102K (inferred from the name graph)
813 named Jera, 2020
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jiro in US United States.
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)
Related by blood.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jira 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 813as Jera | 1 in 409K | 773 | Jiro | 11 |
| FI Finland | 545as Jaro | 1 in 10K | 559 | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 502K | listed | Jira | 33 |
| KE Kenya | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 102K | 1 | Jira | 5 |
| NL Netherlands | 521as Jaro | 1 in 33K | 521 | — | 2 |
| SI Slovenia | 219as Jera | 1 in 9.6K | 219 | — | — |
| AL Albania | 50as Jera | 1 in 61K | 50 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | 2 | 1 in 5.4M | 873 | — | — |
813 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling jera. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SURS — resident population given names; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Mzalendo Trust "Elections Watch" — 2022 gazetted election winners. 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)
Jira 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 Russian, var of Iira.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Spanish, a large piece torn from a fabric
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swahili, cumin (seeds used as a spice)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In huu, because of
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nfr, lion
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Josef Jírab. 1929CZCzech illustrator and painter (1929-2005)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 101 | #47,684 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 35 | #47,684 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #24,014 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #23,081 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 12 | #20,060 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 7 | #35,090 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 5 | — |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Jira mean, and where does it come from?
- Related by blood. Recorded by The African book of names.
- Is Jira a male or female name?
- Jira is a female 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.
- In which country does Jira have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 813 people named Jera, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Jira?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 2 people named Jira, about 1 in 5.4 million residents.
What do you want to know about Jira?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jiraThe 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, “Jira”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.