Kaira

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 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◐

Kaira is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name9.1K records spelled Kaira3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, Zambia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Kàira

• French given name1.1K records spelled Kaira3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Mayotte

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Kaïra

• Estonian given name720 records spelled Kaira4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Finland, United States, Spain

  Languages: Estonian, Finnish

  Also written Kaîra, Kãïrä

• Ukrainian surname615 records spelled Kaira10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Каіра, Каїра, Kayira, Kaïra

53 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●

Kaira 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 Finnish, auger (carpenter's tool for boring holes)

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

• In Latvian, Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)

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

• In urj-fin-pro, auger (carpenter's tool)

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

• In Lithuanian, + KAGELIS Kn 2, V (of. Kagiel) (3). Iš vienos pusės, plg. liet. Kagis Kagelis Kairaitis KAIRAITIS Btg, Erž, Gl 3, Grl 6, Igl, Jrb 6, Jz, Kbr, Kdl 3, Kim, Klp 9 (of. Kaireit), Klvr 2, Kps 2, Kr, KzR 2, Ldvn, Lkč 2, Mžk, Pgg 4, Raud, Rdš, Rs, Skdv, Snt 3, Ss 2, Šil 2, Šk 2, Šmk, VIkv, Vrb, Vv 2, Zp, Žal 2 (69) — žr. Kairjs.

  as a word·Vanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

• In Latvian, Ēģiptes galvaspilsēta (angļu val. Cairo; arābu: القاهرة, al Qāhirah), atrodas Nīlas krastos un salās uz dienvidiem no deltas, Āfrikas lielākā pilsēta, 9,54 mlj iedzīvotāju (2017. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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) — 86 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kaira Gongb. 1981SGSingaporean singer
• Kaira Shirahaseb. 1997JPJapanese tarento

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 · 495 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kaira?

We estimate roughly 3.8 thousand people bear Kaira (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Kaira have the most bearers?

We estimate about 2.3 thousand people bear Kaira in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kaira.

How common is Kaira compared with other names?

In Zambia, Kaira is the 878th most common given name of 8,241 given names recorded there.

Is Kaira a male or female name?

Kaira is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Kaira mean?

Recorded meaning: Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name, based on the name of a clan in the Arora community, of unexplained etymology.