Entry № 83 · Sanskrit origin

Achira Achira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-CHEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Quick / lightning"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "quick / lightning".

Achira is from the Sanskrit Acirā.

Quick / lightning — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अचिरा
Transliteration
Acirā
Pronunciation
/ əˈtʃiː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Achira stands.

Achira does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Achiras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Buddhist khaṇika / Kalidasa
Sanskrit quick swift lightning + a- not + cira long-time + Buddhist khaṇika momentariness doctrine + Kalidasas Sanskrit poetic + Hindu Buddhist temporal
Buddhist philosophy

Names connected to Achira.

The number behind Achira.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Achira reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.