Akira
Akira is a boy name of Japanese origin, ranked #93 in popularity, meaning Bright, clear.
What Akira means
Bright, clear.
Akira sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Akira comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Akira is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Akira?
Akira is ranked #93, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Akira
Akira sits in our light and brightness group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Light
Names like Akira
These share Akira's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Hikaru — Light, radiance.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Haruki — Shining brightly; spring child.
- Azuki — Shine.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Mei — Sprout; bright.
- Haru — Spring; sunlight.
- Hinata — Sunny place; toward the sun.
- Hotaru — Firefly.
- Naoki — Radiance.