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Kiarrah

Gender
Girl
Say it
kee-AH-ra
Origin
Italian

Kiarrah is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kiarrah mean?

Italian: spelling of Kiara, itself a spelling of Italian Chiara; also of Irish Ciara

“bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”

Can be a spelling of Italian Chiara or Irish Ciara; Kiara is also Simba's daughter in The Lion King II.

Meaning borrowed from Kiara. More on Wiktionary.

Is Kiarrah a girl's or a boy's name?

Kiarrah is a girls' name.

How popular is Kiarrah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Kiarrah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 15 in 19992017
Kiarrah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20175#15,898
20160–
20155#16,413
20147#13,063
201311#9,607
20125#16,863
201111#9,719
20109#11,240
200912#9,375
200810#10,802
20076#15,485
200611#9,897
200514#7,886
200411#9,259
20036#13,837
200210#9,476
200115#6,951
200015#6,802
199915#6,478
19985#14,116
19970–
19960–
19950–
19945#13,423
19930–
199212#7,060
19915#13,139

Names like Kiarrah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Kiarrah

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kiarrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiarrah, updated 20 October 2026.