Lyra
Lyra is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Lyre; harp.
What Lyra means
Lyre; harp.
Lyra is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Lyra comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Lyra is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Lyra?
Lyra is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Lyra is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Lyra
Two ideas meet in Lyra: music, Star and the stars and sky. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Themes: Music, Star, Celestial
Names like Lyra
These share Lyra's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Castor — The shining one; a bright star.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Bituin — Star.
- Csilla — Morning star.
- Danica — Morning star.
- Dara — Star; maiden.
- Estelle — Star.