Kira (given name)

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Kira
Pronunciation/ˈkɪərə/ KEER-ə, /ˈkiːrə/ KEE-rə
Gendermostly female
Origin
Meaningmultiple ("like Ra", "beam of light", "shine", "ruler of the people")
Region of originmultiple (Ancient Greece, Egypt, India, Ireland, Japan, Russia, Slavonic, and Hindu)
Other names
Variant form(s)Kerra, Kiira, Kira, Kaira, Keara, Keera, Keira, Kiera, Kyra, Kyrah, Kirah, Kyreena, Kyrha, Kyria, Kyrie, Kyrene, Kyrra, and Kirra
Related namesAkira, Ciara, Cyrus, Kaira, Keira, Kiera, Kiran, Kyra

Kira is a mostly feminine name of multiple origins and meanings.

The feminine form is pronounced /ˈkɪərə/ KEER-ə or /ˈkiːrə/ KEE-rə. It might be a feminine form of the name Kiran, pronounced /ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən. Kiran is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning "beam of light". In Ancient Hebrew "Keren" means both "a horn" and "a beam of light". Besides Sanskrit and Hebrew there might be other etymologies from Egyptian, where the word Ki-Ra means "like Ra", or Persian.[1][2] Due to the Greek interpretation of the Persian king's name Kourosh (کوروش, Kūrosh) as Κύρος (Kýros) – which was obviously modeled after the Greek word κύριος (kýrios "lord"), the feminine form being κυρία (kyría) – Kyra (or Kira) can also be understood as a variant.[3] Therefore, it is also in use as a feminine form of the Greek diminutive form Cyril.

In Russian Kira (Ки́ра) is the feminine form of the masculine name Kir, meaning "mistress, ruler", but can translate to "leader of the people", "one the people look to" or "beloved".[4] Kira could also have arrived into Russian from the Persian-Greek name Kyra. Kira can also be the diminutive of the old and rare masculine given name Avvakir.[5]

Kira is one of several Anglicized forms of the Irish name Ciara, which in Irish means "dark haired".[6]

Kira also means "Strong Woman" in Slavonic. [7]

There is also a Japanese name, romanized as Kira, which is common in Japan, as both given name and family name (e.g. the Kira clan of Mikawa province). Kira kira also means "glittery, shiny" in Japanese.[8]

Variant forms include Kaira, Keera, Keira, Kiera, Kyra, Kyrah, Kyreena, Kyrha, Kyria, Kyrie, Kyrene, Kyrra, and Kirra.[9] In Hindu it means sacred bells. They are used in religious ceremonies.

People[]

Fictional characters[]

  • Kira Argounova, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's We the Living
  • Kira Aso, female protagonist in the Japanese manga Mars
  • Kira Carsen in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • Kira Daidohji in the video game series Arcana Heart
  • Kira Finster in the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!
  • Kira Ford (aka Yellow Dino Ranger) in Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
  • Kyra Hart in the WB/CW television series Reba, played by Scarlett Pomers
  • Kira Marlowe in the television drama Flashpoint, constable, Special Response Unit dispatcher, played by Pascale Hutton
  • Kira Sakuratsuki in the anime Futakoi
  • Sumeragi Kira in the anime Uta no Prince-Sama
  • Kira Supernova, in the 2013 computer-animated film Escape from Planet Earth, voiced by Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Kira Yamato in the Japanese anime television series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • Kira Yukimura, one of the main characters in the MTV drama Teen Wolf
  • Kira (Death Note), alias of the protagonist Light Yagami in the Japanese manga/anime franchise Death Note
  • Kira (Gelfling) in the film The Dark Crystal
  • Kira (Iggy Arbuckle), a anthropomorphic rat in the Canadian animated television series Iggy Arbuckle
  • Kira (Mortal Kombat)
  • Kira Nerys in the Star Trek Deep Space 9 television series.
  • Kira the Seer in the Charmed television series universe
  • Kira, a recurring character and antagonist in season 3 of Disney Channel's Andi Mack
  • Kira, the main character of the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
  • Kira, daughter of Sarah Manning in the Canadian sci-fi television series Orphan Black
  • Kira in the animated preschool television series Zack & Quack
  • Kira in the 1980 film Xanadu, played by Olivia Newton-John
  • Kira, the main character of the book We the Living by Ayn Rand
  • Kira, the main character of the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
  • Kira Yoshikage, the main antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable by Hirohiko Araki

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Persian meaning of the name Kira". www.babynamescountry.com.
  2. ^ "Kira Name Meaning & Origin".
  3. ^ "Greek meaning of the name Kira". www.thinkbabynames.com.
  4. ^ "Russian Translation for Kira".
  5. ^ Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3. page 31
  6. ^ "Gaelic meaning of the name Kira".
  7. ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Kyra=. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Japanese & various meanings of the name Kira". Archived from the original on 2010-04-08.
  9. ^ "Origins and 11 variant names of Kyra". www.thinkbabynames.com.
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