Beira
loc · Portuguese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Beira is a name, most frequently recorded in Portugal. It appears chiefly in Portuguese and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: side, edge.
- PTPortugal1 in 5.8K◐
- BRBrazil1 in 121K
- MZMozambique1 in 123
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.9K ●
- Sources
- 50 ●
- 1 in 121K ◐
across 5 countries
2.2K records
Official registry-verified
Brazil
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Be-Ira in PH Philippines.
Meaning & origin●
side, edge
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT Portugal | 2,118 | 41 rec. | — | — | Beira | 22 |
| BR Brazil | 1,751△ | 562 rec. | 1 in 121K | 1.8K | Beira | 50 |
| MZ Mozambique | 687 | 1 rec. | — | — | Beira | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 63 | 301 rec. | 1 in 722K | 63 | — | 17 |
| ES Spain | 34 | 48 rec. | 1 in 1.5M | 34 | — | 16 |
| PH Philippines | 20 | 229 rec. | — | — | Be-Ira | 7 |
| AO Angola | 8 | 5 rec. | — | — | Beira | 1 |
| IN India | 7△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 189M | 7 | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 1 | — | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | — |
| US United States | — | 225 rec. | — | 7 | — | 34 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 7 rec. | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 3 rec. | — | 1 | — | 6 |
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Languages●
- Portuguese10K30%
- French5442%
- English561%
- German71%
- Arabic51%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | 9,998 | 30% |
| French | 544 | 2% |
| English | 56 | 1% |
| German | 7 | 1% |
| Arabic | 5 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Beira is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, edge, margin, border
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Mozambique place name; Portuguese: 'shore'
as a nameAfrican Names
In Basque, glass (material)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, border, edge, brim, limit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence●
Attested in 14 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.8K | #5,521 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 63 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 41 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 34 | #57,940 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 34 | #57,670 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 7 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 7 | #147,466 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 3 | #790 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 2 | #3,750 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2019 | 2 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2017 | 2 | #5,005 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 48 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Beira?
- We estimate roughly 1.9 thousand people bear Beira (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Beira have the most bearers?
- Beira is most frequently recorded in Portugal, where it is most often spelled beira.
- What does the name Beira mean?
- Recorded meaning: side, edge
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Beira”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.