Ira (name)
Ira (/ˈiːrə/ or /ˈaɪərə/ or /ˈaɪrə/) is a male and female given name. As a Sanskrit male name, its meaning is that of the wind-God, Vayu. As a Sanskrit female name (इरा Eh-RAH), its meaning is “the Earth”. It is also the name given to Goddess Saraswati (Goddess of wisdom and knowledge).
In Russia and Finland, Ira is a female given name, a version of the name of the Greek goddess Hera, Ήρα, queen of the gods and wife of Zeus.
In Hebrew, the name Ira (עִירָא, Modern Hebrew Ira, Tiberian Hebrew ʻÎrâ) has several meanings, among them "Watchful".
In the United States, the given name Ira was in the top 100 names from 1880, the first year recorded, until 1896 and steadily declined for over a century; only in 2016 did the name return to the Social Security Administration's top 1000 names.[1]
Biblical[]
- Ira the Jairite, King David's priest or chief minister
- Ira ben Ikkesh of Tekoa, a fighter among King David's Mighty Warriors
People[]
- Ira H. Abbott (1906–1988), American aerospace engineer
- Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), American actor
- Ira Allen (1751–1814), American politician
- Ira Alterman (1945–2015), American journalist and author
- Ira Angustain (born 1958), American actor
- Ira Aten (1862–1953), American sheriff
- Ira Babcock (1808–1888), American pioneer
- Ira Baldwin (1895–1999), American scientist
- Ira Coleman Batman (1862–1934), American jurist and politician
- Ira Steven Behr (born 1953), American television producer
- Ira Berkow (born 1940), American writer
- Ira Berlin (born 1941), American historian
- Ira Bowman (born 1973), American basketball player
- Ira Brown (born 1982), Japanese basketball player
- Ira Byock (born 1951), American physician and author
- Ira Colitz (1916-1998), American businessman and politician
- Ira Condict (1764–1811), American college president
- Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947), American politician and newspaper publisher
- Ira P. DeLoache (1879-1965), American real estate developer
- Ira Deutchman (born 1953), American film producer
- Ira Drukier (born 1945), American hotelier
- Ira Dubey (born 1984), Indian film actress
- Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), American general
- Ira Allen Eastman (1809–1881), American politician
- Ira Elliot (born 1963), American drummer
- Ira Flatow (born 1949), American radio and television journalist
- Ira Fuchs (born 1948), American computer scientist
- Ira A. Fulton (born 1931), American businessman
- Ira Gershwin (1896–1983), American lyricist
- Ira Gitler (1928–2019), American jazz historian and journalist
- Ira Glass (born 1959), American radio presenter
- Ira B. Harkey Jr. (1918–2006), American writer
- Ira Hamilton Hayes (1923–1955), United States Marine and Pima Native American, photographed raising the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
- Ira Herskowitz (1946–2003), American geneticist
- Ira B. Hyde (1838–1926), American politician
- Ira Kaplan (born 1957), American musician
- Ira Katznelson (born 1944), American political scientist
- Ira Levin (1929–2007), American writer
- Ira A. Lipman (born 1940), American businessman and philanthropist
- Ira M. Lish (1855–1937), American politician
- Ira Losco (born 1981), Maltese singer
- Ira Magaziner (born 1947), American consultant
- Ira Newborn (born 1949), American composer
- Ira C. Owens (born 1936), American general
- Ira Pastan, (born 1931), American scientist
- Ira Pierce (1874–1906), American chemist and college sports coach
- Ira Remsen (1846–1927), American chemist
- Ira Sachs (born 1965), American filmmaker
- Ira Sankey (1840–1908), American singer
- Ira Sharkansky (born 1938), American political scientist
- Ira Shor (born 1945), American educator
- Ira Stoll (born 1972), American journalist
- Ira Wolfert (1908–1997), American war correspondent
Fiction[]
- Ira Buchman, fictional character in the American television series Mad About You
- Ira Gaines, fictional character in the American television series 24
- Ira Goldstein, fictional character in ASB Bank advertisements in New Zealand
- Ira Graves, fictional character in an episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data's "grandfather"
- Ira Hath, fictional character in the Wind on Fire Trilogy by William Nicholson
- Ira Hogeboom, fictional character in the video game L.A. Noire
- Ira Levinson, fictional character in the 2013 Nicholas Sparks novel The Longest Ride,[2] portrayed by Alan Alda and Jack Huston in the 2015 film[3] of the same name
- Ira Lowenstein, fictional character portrayed by David Strathairn in the movie A League of Their Own
- Ira Poppus, a character in the 1992 TV comedy Revenge of the Nerds III
- Ira Rosenbloom, fictional character portrayed by Richard Kind in the TV series Young Sheldon
- Ira Wright, fictional character portrayed by Seth Rogen in the comedy film, Funny People
See also[]
- Ira (disambiguation)
- Ira (mythology)
References[]
- ^ "Popularity of a Name". ssa.gov. United States Social Security Administration. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ http://uk.nicholassparks.com/stories/the-longest-ride/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2726560/
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