Era

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Era is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi name25K records spelled Era4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Erä

• Indonesian given name19K records spelled Era4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written 'Era, Erā

• Spanish name14K records spelled Era3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Spain

  Also written Ĕŕă

• a separate name6.8K records spelled Era8 spellings in the group

  Also written Ęra, Érä, Érâ, Ëra, Erá

• Portuguese name2.1K records spelled Era9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil

  Also written Éra, Erá, E̶r̶a̶, Ęrã, Ërå

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Era 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 Kurdish, Age, era

  as a word·kurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

• In fax, first-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (“to be”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, adjective form of ero (“bit, piece”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, your, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of multiple things)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, era (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 137 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Antonio Erab. 1889ITItalian jurist (1889-1961)
• Era Bell Thompsonb. 1905USAmerican journalist (1905–1986)
• Era Savelyevab. 1913AZSoviet cinematographer and director (1913-1985)
• Era Sezhiyanb. 1923INIndian politician
• Ira Feloukatzib. 1943GRnot in their usual nameGreek journalist, writer and poet
• Era Cihanşinab. 1944RUactress
• Era Ojdanićb. 1947RSSerbian singer
• Era Istrefib. 1994XKKosovo-Albanian singer
• Era Baumannb. 2007CHSwiss handball player
• Era BernardINIndian politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 365 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Era?

Our records include 170,222 bearers of Era across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Era have the most bearers?

Era is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled era.

What does the name Era mean?

Recorded meaning: a Guru (JP)