Mayra

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mira in HR Croatia, TR Türkiye, DE Germany and 5 more, Maira in BR Brazil, CL Chile, Mila in FR France, PH Philippines and Мира in RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan.

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 in 1 language 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◐

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

• a separate given name44K records spelled Mayra3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Máyra, Mäyrä

• Lao given name4.4K records spelled Mayra10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Mâŷrâ, Mâyrâ, Mäýřä, Mâýrâ, Mäyrä

• Finnish surname2.7K records spelled Mayra3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Mäyrä

• Swahili given name1.6K records spelled Mayra5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Peru, Spain

  Also written Máyra

60 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●

Mayra is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Cebuano, serves you right

  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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 84 years between 1940–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Myra Keatonb. 1877USnot in their usual nameFilm actress (1877-1955)
• Myra Hessb. 1890GBnot in their usual nameBritish pianist (1890–1965)
• Myra Carterb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1929–2016)
• Myra Francesb. 1943GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (1942–2021)
• Myra Turleyb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Myra Melfordb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican avant-garde jazz pianist and composer
• Myra Lucretia Taylorb. 1960USnot in their usual nameactress
• Tori Amosb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1963)
• Mayra Andradeb. 1985CVCape Verdean singer
• Mayra Aguiarb. 1991BRBrazilian judoka

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 · 753 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mayra?

We estimate roughly 239 thousand people bear Mayra (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Mayra have the most bearers?

Mayra is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled meera.

Where is Mayra most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mayra is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 295 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Mayra compared with other names?

In India, Mayra is the 116th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Mayra a male or female name?

Mayra 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.