Meira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEER-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,036 for girls
Meira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “giving light”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Meira mean?
Hebrew: feminine form of Meir
“giving light”
Feminine form of Meir, the name of the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Meir, often quoted in the Mishnah.
Is Meira a girl's or a boy's name?
Meira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 93 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Meira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 162 girls in the UK were given Meira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Meira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Meira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Meira, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most girls named Meira of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Meira in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,101 girls in the US were given Meira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #302, up from #2,036 for this spelling alone.
Meira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Meira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Raya Ayla Hawa Ayra Hiba Zainab Amira Maya Khadija Ayah
Other spellings of Meira
Names related to Meira
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Meira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meira, updated 20 October 2026.