# Kira

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kiːrə/ · frequency rank #22,133

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Persian or Irish.

## Etymology
Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].

## Easily confused with
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kit)
- **KKR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kkr)
- **kor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kor)
- **kya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kya)
- **kiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kiss)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kurt)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kirk)
- **kits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kits)
- **kite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kite)
- **kiwi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kiwi)
- **KORS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kors)
- **Kona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kona)
- **Kita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kita)
- **Kota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kota)
- **Kyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kyra)
- **Kitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kitt)
- **Korea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-korea)
- **Kirby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kirby)
- **Koran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-koran)
- **Kiran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kira-vs-kiran)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ikra`, `kiar`, `kirra`, `kkira`, `kria`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kira