Kiira
given name · Latin script
Meaning: An evil spirit
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: SSA, 2023
/ˈkiːrɑ/(recorded in a dictionary) Finnish · from Wiktionary
Kiira is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 3.1K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 300K
- USUnited States1 in 2.1M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 15 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)
1,818 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)An evil spirit.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Kiira 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 1,818 | 1 in 3.1K | 1.9K | Kiira | 4 |
| US United States | 161 | 1 in 2.1M | 161 | Kiira | 15 |
| SE Sweden | 34 | 1 in 300K | 34 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 8 | 1 in 2.2M | 8 | — | — |
| MX Mexico | — | — | — | Kiira | 5 |
| CO Colombia | — | — | — | Kiira | 2 |
1,818 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Kiira Kahnb. 1932EEEstonian journalist (1932-2012)
- Kiira Aaviksoob. 1955EEEstonian geographer (1955-2011)
- Kiira Miesmaab. 1981FIFinnish art historian
- Kiira Dosdallb. 1987USAmerican ice hockey player
- Kiira Korpib. 1988FIFinnish figure skater
- Kiira Väänänenb. 1999FIFinnish hammer thrower
- Kiira Lehtonenb. 2000FIFinnish association football player
- Kiira Kaivolab. 2000FIFinnish association football player
- Kiira Yrjänenb. 2002FIFinnish ice hockey player
- Kiira KauttoFIFinnish pesäpallo player
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).
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)17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 1.9K | #569 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 161 | #43,660 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 34 | #17,871 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #14,756 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 23 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 22 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 18 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 Kiira mean, and where does it come from?
- An evil spirit. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Kiira?
- In the etymology graph, Kyra and Kíra are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Kiira?
- It depends on the language: in Finnish /ˈkiːrɑ/ (Wiktionary); in Swahili /kiɾa/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- How common is the name Kiira?
- In Finland, the national register counted 1,818 people named Kiira, about 1 in 3.1 thousand residents.
- Is Kiira a male or female name?
- Kiira is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV), Estonia (Statistics Estonia) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Kiira have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Kiira, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kiira.
- Where is Kiira most common?
- Kiira is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.1 thousand people carrying it.
What do you want to know about Kiira?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kiiraThe 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, “Kiira”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.