Entry № 5652 · Greek origin

Kyra Kyra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Lady; light"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "lady; light".

Kyra is a variant spelling of Kira, meaning lady, and light.

A fresh spelling of a well-loved name, it keeps the familiar sound with a look all its own.

Lady; light — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Kyra
Transliteration
Kyra
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Kyra stands.

Kyra 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.

Kyras before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Kyra.

The number behind Kyra.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kyra reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.