Entry № 7499 · Hebrew origin

Nira Nira — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Plowed field (Israeli kibbutz)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "plowed field (israeli kibbutz)".

Nira is from the Hebrew נִירָה (Nīrāh — plowed field, tilled land, light) — from Hebrew nir (plowed land). Nira is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Israeli heritage. Hebrew feminine name reflecting Israeli pioneer heritage.

Plowed field (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

נִירָה
Transliteration
Nīrāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nira stands.

Nira 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.

Niras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nira / Nir
Hebrew plowed field + Jeremiah 4:3 + Hosea 10:12 + pioneering Israeli kibbutz heritage + Degania Alef first kibbutz 1909.
Tanakh + Israeli pioneer

Names connected to Nira.

The number behind Nira.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nira reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.