Meira

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mayra in US United States, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 8 more, Mira in HR Croatia, TR Türkiye, DE Germany and 5 more, Maira in BR Brazil, CL Chile and Mila in FR France, PH Philippines.

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◐

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

• French surname5.4K records spelled Meira6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Portugal

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Meïra, Méïra, Méira, Mëirâ

• Indonesian surname1.1K records spelled Meira4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Spain

  Also written 'Meira, Meira'

• a separate surname885 records spelled Meira2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain

  Also written Méïra

• Bulgarian name252 records spelled Meira9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria

  Languages: Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Мейра, Meйra

41 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●

Meira is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In non, inflection of mikill:

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

• In Faroese, more

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

• In fax, wood

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

• In Lithuanian, Gali būti pravardinė pvd., sietina su liet. meird „miegas, snaudulys“ (LKŽ VII 1016). Tačiau įmanomas ryšys ir su Meirfs (žT.).

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

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) — 52 years between 1973–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Olinto José Meirab. 1829BRBrazilian politician
• Raimundo Meirab. 1866PTPortuguese military personnel (1866–1946)
• Tarcísio Meirab. 1935BRBrazilian actor (1935–2021)
• Sérgio Meirab. 1968BRBrazilian linguist
• Moet Meirab. 1970USAmerican actress
• Vitor Meirab. 1977BRBrazilian racecar driver
• Fernando Meirab. 1978PTPortuguese footballer
• Cristèle Alves Meirab. 1983FRfilm director
• João Diogo Serpa Meirab. 1987PTPortuguese footballer
• Kronno Zomberb. 1992ESnot in their usual namemusician

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 · 201 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Meira?

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

In which country does Meira have the most bearers?

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

Where is Meira most common?

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

How common is Meira compared with other names?

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