Ira
Ira is a girl name of Sanskrit origin, meaning The earth; goddess of speech.
What Ira means
The earth; goddess of speech.
Ira is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ira comes from
Sanskrit names draw on a devotional and literary tradition thousands of years old. Many are epithets of deities or qualities from classical texts, which is why their meanings tend to be abstract virtues rather than objects.
Ira is recorded as Sanskrit in origin. Browse other Sanskrit names.
How popular is Ira?
You will not find Ira in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Ira
Ira spans Earth and Wisdom, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Ira
These share Ira's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daichi — Great land; great wisdom.
- Avani — The earth.
- Avni — The earth.
- Kavya — Poetry; a poem.
- Saanvi — Goddess Lakshmi; knowledge.
- Bodhi — Enlightenment, awakening.
- Advait — Unique; non-dual.
- Sophia — Wisdom.
- Zofia — Wisdom.
- Athena — Goddess of wisdom and war.
- Aubrey — Elf ruler; wise.
- Avery — Ruler of the elves; wise.