Shira

given name · Latin script

Meaning: weibl. Vom., engHsche Schreibweise von

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shira is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 4.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 67K
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 9.5K

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.

United States (measured from records)

4,995 people, 2020

Sources
304 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

weibl. Vom., engHsche Schreibweise von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shira 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.

Where Shira is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4,9951 in 67K5KShira304
IL Israel≈1,800 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Shira88
ID Indonesia≈1,000 est.≈1 in 264K—Shira42
JP Japan≈680 est.≈1 in 185K—Shira16
MY Malaysia≈380 est.≈1 in 86K—Shira20
CY Cyprus≈130 est.≈1 in 9.5K—Shira4
GY Guyana301 in 25K30—2

4,995 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; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shira is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hebrew given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written שירה, שהירה, שייר, Shera, שהירא

  • Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Philippines, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Shirá, Shirå, Shîrä, Shirà, Shīrã

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Shīrā

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Israel, Canada

    Also written Shīra

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Shira is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Brink, edge,

    as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names

  • In Russian, "wide."

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Swahili, syrup (sugary liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavouring)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of しら

    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)

190019502000Shira Gorshman, b. 1906Shira Piven, b. 1961Shira Geffen, b. 1971שירה ארד, b. 1972Shira Fleisher, b. 1983Shira Vilensky, b. 1984Shira Rishony, b. 1991Shira Naor, b. 1993Shira Haas, b. 1995

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 58 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Shira
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000717#30,682
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020675#35,796
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010555#39,607
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

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 Shira mean, and where does it come from?
weibl. Vom., engHsche Schreibweise von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
In which country does Shira have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.0 thousand people named Shira, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shira.
Is Shira a male or female name?
Shira 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.
How common is the name Shira?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,995 people named Shira in 2020, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.

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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, “Shira”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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