Girl · Spanish (modern)
Mayra
Say it: MY-ruh
Meaning
A Spanish-language name of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Myra or Maira, or a derivative of Maria.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common among Hispanic Americans and in Mexico from the 1970s to the 2000s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 32,946 babies given this name since 1948
- At its height in 1986, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 133 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Maira
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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