Indira

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Индира in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 more and Індіра in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 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◐

Indira is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name141K records spelled Indira9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Índira, Indíra, Indirá, Indirã

• French given name7.7K records spelled Indira5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, India

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Ïñdïrå, Ïndïrä, Indirå

• a separate given name4.0K records spelled Indira4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan

  Also written Indirā, Índira, Īndīrā

• German given name3.1K records spelled Indira3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, India

  Also written Īndīrā, Indíra

• English given name1.6K records spelled Indira179 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, India, Spain

  Languages: English, Thai, Spanish

  Also written Anitra, อินทิรา, Indhira, Intira, อินทรา

• Amharic given name706 records spelled Indira2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Kazakhstan, Philippines

  Also written ኢንዲራ

• a separate name594 records spelled Indira10 spellings in the group

  Also written இந்திரா, Indra, Indirā, Intirā, இநதிரா

38 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●

Indira 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 English, Name of Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

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

• In English, pers. name (1. Gandhi)

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, element

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, indium

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, weibl. Vom. indischer Herkunft (sans­ krit. indira »Schönheit, Glanz«), Beiname der

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 97 years between 1901–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Indira Devi Chaudhuranib. 1873INBengali literary figure, author and musician
• Indira Gandhib. 1917INPrime Minister of India (1966-1977; 1980-1984)
• Indira Nathb. 1938INIndian immunologist
• Indira Radićb. 1966RSSerbian pop-folk singer
• Anita Anandb. 1967CAnot in their usual nameCanadian politician and professor (born 1967)
• Indira Bajramovićb. 1968BARoma activist and economist
• Indira Varmab. 1973GBEnglish actress
• Indira Shobanb. 1979INIndian politician
• Indira Terrerob. 1985CUSpanish sprinter and middle-distance runner of Cuban descent
• Indira Paganottob. 1992ESSpanish DJ and record producer

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 · 813 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Indira?

We estimate roughly 28 thousand people bear Indira (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Indira have the most bearers?

Indira is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled indira.

How common is Indira compared with other names?

In Guyana, Indira is the 52nd most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Indira a male or female name?

Indira is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Indira mean?

Recorded meaning: Sanskrit: a byname of Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu.