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What does the name Lira mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Lira

User Submitted Origins

Italian
41%
Spanish
35%
English
18%
Serbian
3%
Greek
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 2 submissions from South Africa and the United States agree the name Lira means "Love" and is of African / Serbian origin.
  2. According to a user from Canada, the name Lira means "Balance and/or harp".
  3. According to a user from Illinois, U.S., the name Lira is of Italian origin and means "Balance".
  4. According to a user from Mexico, the name Lira means "Musical Instrument. Constellation. Coin. Bird".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Li"ra
An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.

Etymology: It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. Cf. Livre

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi
    Synonyms: italian lira
  2. The basic unit of money in Turkey
    Synonyms: turkish lira
  3. The basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
    Synonyms: maltese lira
Wiktionary

From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה, all of which are originally from the Italian).

  1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
  2. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
  3. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
  4. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

From Ukrainian ліра (lira).

  1. A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

From Latin līra (“furrow”).

  1. Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

    lira was also found in the following language(s): Catalan, Czech, French, Italian, Latin, Old English, Polish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish

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    Notable Persons Named Lira

    Notable Persons Named Lira

    Lira

    Lira is a contemporary r&b and afro-soul musician. She has had major accomplishments since 2003. Lira was given the name Lerato Molapo . Lira is also known as Lira.

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    Notable Persons With the Last Name Lira

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Lira

    Wendell Lira

    Wendell Lira is a soccer player for the Vila Nova Futebol Clube, Goiás Esporte Clube, Fortaleza Esporte Clube, Clube Atlético Sorocaba, Trindade Atlético Clube, Goianésia Esporte Clube, Novo Horizonte Futebol Clube, União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores, Associação Atlética Anapolina, and Tombense Fut. Wendell was born on January 7th, 1989 in Goiânia.

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    Lira

    Lira is a contemporary r&b and afro-soul musician. She has had major accomplishments since 2003. Lira was given the name Lerato Molapo . Lira is also known as Lira.

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    Pedro Lira

    Pedro was born on May 17th, 1845. He breathed his last breath on April 20th, 1912.

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    Michael Lira

    Michael Lira is an alternative, lounge metal, film music, alternative rock, and film score musician. Michael was born on February 19th, 1975.

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    Osvaldo Lira

    Osvaldo Lira was a priest, philosopher, and theology. Osvaldo was born on February 11th, 1904. He left this life on December 20th, 1996.

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    Johnny Lira

    Johnny was born in 1950. He died on December 8th, 2012.

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    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Lira U.S.
    █  White 8.23% 64.26%
    █  African American 0.25% 11.96%
    █  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.73% 4.85%
    █  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22% 0.69%
    █  Two or More Ethnicities 0.27% 1.76%
    █  Hispanic or Latino 90.30% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Lira

    People with the last name Lira are most frequently Hispanic or Latino

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    Fun Facts about the name Lira

  1. How Popular is the name Lira? Lira is the 25,877th most popular name of all time. As a last name Lira was the 2,447th most popular name in 2010.
  2. How many people with the first name Lira have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 228 babies born with the first name Lira in the United States. That's more than enough people named Lira to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  3. What year were 5 or more babies first named Lira? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1976 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  4. When was Lira first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Lira is Thursday, September 5th, 1889.
  5. What year had the most people named Lira born? The highest recorded use of the first name Lira was in 2019 with a total of 32 babies.
  6. Random Lira Factoid: According to the 2018 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Lira is not a popular baby girl's name in California. Imagine that, only 5 babies in California have the same name in 2018.
  7. Weird things about the name Lira: The name spelled backwards is Aril. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Ialr. How do you pronounce that?
  8. How many people have the last name Lira? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 14,758 people with the last name Lira.
  9. How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Lira? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 5 of them will have Lira as their last name.
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