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Meira Name Popularity

How popular is the name Meira? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
1916 — 0 0%
1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 — 0 0%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 0 0%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 — 0 0%
1954 — 0 0%
1955 — 0 0%
1956 — 0 0%
1957 — 0 0%
1958 — 0 0%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 — 0 0%
1962 — 0 0%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 0 0%
1965 — 0 0%
1966 — 0 0%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 0 0%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 — 0 0%
1972 — 0 0%
1973 — 0 0%
1974 — 0 0%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 0 0%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 — 0 0%
1980 — 0 0%
1981 — 0 0%
1982 3,115 5 0.0003%
1983 — 0 0%
1984 — 0 0%
1985 — 0 0%
1986 — 0 0%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 0 0%
1989 3,578 5 0.0003%
1990 3,285 6 0.0004%
1991 — 0 0%
1992 — 0 0%
1993 3,757 5 0.0003%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 — 0 0%
1996 — 0 0%
1997 3,470 5 0.0003%
1998 2,950 9 0.0006%
1999 2,986 9 0.0006%
2000 3,148 8 0.0005%
2001 3,688 5 0.0003%
2002 2,682 14 0.0009%
2003 2,998 11 0.0007%
2004 3,219 8 0.0005%
2005 2,764 15 0.001%
2006 2,720 16 0.001%
2007 2,813 16 0.001%
2008 2,725 16 0.001%
2009 2,246 29 0.0019%
2010 2,389 22 0.0015%
2011 2,315 24 0.0017%
2012 2,316 23 0.0016%
2013 2,242 25 0.0018%
2014 2,326 22 0.0015%
2015 2,500 18 0.0012%
2016 2,534 16 0.0011%
2017 1,988 32 0.0023%
2018 2,111 25 0.0018%
2019 1,918 33 0.0024%
2020 2,150 38 0.003%
2021 2,966 17 0.0014%
2022 2,520 29 0.0022%

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Data via SSA.gov.

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What names sound like Meira?

If you like how Meira sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Meira.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Maira

Irish

Meara

Jolly, jovial

Irish

Mera

Aristocratic lady, princess; princess; treetop, proverb, or sheaf of corn; aristoctaric lady, princess

Hebrew

Mira

Wonderful; peace; propserous

Spanish

Moira

“She who is allotted (by fate),” ultimately from the Greek meiresthai, to receive one’s portion.

Latin

What names are similar to Meira?

Find a name that’s like Meira, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ceira
Keira

Black

Irish

Meera

Light; saintly woman

Israeli

Meica

Who resembles God?

Hebrew

Meirna

Beloved

Irish

Veira

Faith; truth; true image

Slavic

Yeira

To illuminate

Hebrew

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6 Comments

  1. Meira means luminary, shining light, someone who is a light giver and inspiration. We hope that Meira shines bright and that she brings happiness and joy to everyone around her

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  2. We named our daughter Meira Joy for the meaning “she who illuminates joy”. We had lost a baby through an ectopic pregnancy almost exactly a year before she was born and while I was pregnant we were in church and heard a sermon on how we as Christians are called to be a light so felt it was the name God had chosen for her

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    • It’s such a joy to find other precious little girls named Meira! I have never met someone with my name, and growing up I didn’t like my name because others would mispronounce it! Now at 31 I love my name.

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      • How is your name pronounced?

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        • Me-ee-ra

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  3. Before I was ever pregnant I was driving onto our street and a “name” (an arrangement of sounds really) that I’d never heard popped into my head. I thought I made it up, “Mera,” which was a good combination of several things I liked (the word merit, the names Sarah and Meredith, A-meri-ca, and it was short and uncommon). Once I looked it up I discovered that spelled Meira it became a Hebrew name (like mine) and means LIGHT or one who illuminates. I thought that was just beautiful since Jesus is the Light of the World and I couldn’t hope any more from her life, but that she would shine His joy. My husband also liked it and helped me stick to it even when others seemed confused by it. Her nursery has a wall of scripture about “light” that I painted for her. Her full name is Meira Faith (Faith for obvious reasons, but also because it is one of her Daddy’s spiritual gifts). And we’re in good company with your little one! 😉

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