Girl · Greek, through Galician and Portuguese
Iria
Say it: EE-ryah
Meaning
From Saint Iria (Irene) of Tomar and the old Galician see of Iria Flavia; Irene is Greek eirēnē 'peace'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in Galicia in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 79 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 1916, about 1 in 208,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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