Entry № 5826 · Basque origin

Leire Leire — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAY-ee-reh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Basque
Meaning
"Iconic Basque monastery (Navarrese heritage)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Basque)

A name that means "iconic basque monastery (navarrese heritage)".

Leire is from the Basque place name — referring to the iconic Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre in Navarre, Spain. Leire in Basque tradition — the Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre (Leire in Basque/Euskara) is one of the most-iconic religious sites in the Basque Country/Navarre region; founded c. Leire Ibáñez — Basque journalist. Leire Loyola — Basque-American figure. Princess Leire — modern Basque heritage naming.

and medieval Spanish architecture.

Iconic Basque monastery.

The name in its native script.

Leire
Transliteration
Leire
Pronunciation
/ ˈleɪ.iː.rɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Leire stands.

Leire 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.

Leires before her.

Real people
Leire Pajín
Spanish-Basque Health Minister.
born 1976
In fiction
Leire
Basque monastery heritage.

Names connected to Leire.

The number behind Leire.

4

The Builder

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