Kira
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Modern name, used in several languages; may relate to Greek Kyra 'lady' or Slavic roots
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɪɹɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kira is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- DKDenmark1 in 3.7K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 9.3K
- USUnited States1 in 9.4K
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 Kira 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)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 433 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
35,464 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Latvia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Modern name, used in several languages; may relate to Greek Kyra 'lady' or Slavic roots.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Kira, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kira 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 | — | 35,464 | 1 in 9.4K | 35K | Kira | 433 |
| DE Germany | #686 | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Kira | 180 |
| PL Poland | — | 7,389 | 1 in 5.2K | 7.4K | Kira | 1 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 25K | #69 | Kira | 88 |
| AU Australia | #734 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 3 | Kira | 155 |
| GE Georgia | — | 2,129as კირა | 1 in 1.9K | 2.1K | Kira | 14 |
| DK Denmark | #534 | 1,598 | 1 in 3.7K | 1.6K | Kira | 97 |
| FI Finland | — | 1,210 | 1 in 4.6K | 1.6K | Kira | 20 |
| LV Latvia | — | 1,210 | 1 in 1.6K | 1.2K | — | 8 |
| MD Moldova | — | 1,207 | 1 in 2.8K | 1.2K | — | 10 |
35,464 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); e-services.md — living population register. 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)
Kira 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 Swedish, Kira har flera ursprung. Det kan vara en rysk form av det grekiska Kyra, vilket är en femininbildning till Kyrillos (från ett grekiskt ord med betydelsen ’herre, Gud’, jfr ryskans Kiril). Det kan också vara en feminin form av ryskans Kir ’härskare’, eller en form av det iriska → Kiara. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 12 augusti.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Forme féminine de Cyril; origine grecque, signifie « maître ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Russian, de kyros, pouvoir, force. Fête : 28 février (12 / 13) mars. Cyre est son équivalent français. Fêtes : 28 février, 3 août.
as a nameRussian Names
[Diverso nelle diverse lingue]
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
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as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)
- Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russiab. 1909FRyounger daughter of Grand Duke Kirill of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1909-1967); wife of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
- Kira Muratovab. 1934UASoviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress (1934–2018)
- Princess Kira of Prussiab. 1943DEPrussian Royal (1943–2004)
- Kira Mirób. 1980ESSpanish actress
- Kira Yarmyshb. 1989RUAlexei Navalny's spokesperson and writer
- Kira Walkenhorstb. 1990DEGerman beach volleyball player
- Kira Noirb. 1994USAmerican pornographic actress
- Kira Weidle-Winkelmannb. 1996DEGerman female alpine skier
- Kira Kosarinb. 1997USAmerican actress and singer
- Kira Kimurab. 2004JPJapanese snowboarder (2004-)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 107 sources across 52 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 35K | #1,138 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7.4K | #221 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 7.4K | #221 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 1.6K | #623 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 1.6K | #289 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.2K | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 1.2K | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 1.2K | #374 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 1.2K | #317 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 801 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 107 | #1,138 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 77 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
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 are other forms of the name Kira?
- In the etymology graph, Kiara, Ciara and Kyra are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Kira?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɪɹɑ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Kira a male or female name?
- Kira 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.
- What does the name Kira mean, and where does it come from?
- Modern name, used in several languages; may relate to Greek Kyra 'lady' or Slavic roots. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Kira have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 35 thousand people named Kira, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kira.
- Where is Kira most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kira is densest in Latvia — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kira?
- In the United States, the national register counted 35,464 people named Kira in 2020, about 1 in 9.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Kira compared with other names?
- In Denmark, Kira is the 534th most common given name of 23,174 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kira?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kiraThe 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, “Kira” — the 534th most common given name in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.