Message: "It's female to me"

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It's female to me

by Ivayla

11/9/2003, 8:50 PM

That's the first time I hear it can be a male name. As far as I know, Ira is the latinized version of Hera. I have also heard it as short from Irina / Irena.

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- Miranda (Randee15) +1

11/9/2003, 9:12 PM

Ira's a Biblical male name

IRA m Biblical, English, Jewish
Pronounced: IE-ra
Means "watchful" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of King David's priest.

This is the first context I ever saw Ira in. So that's why I see it as male.

Miranda

- Ivayla

11/9/2003, 9:23 PM

Valid point

but in Eastern Europe it is widely used on females - and with a totally different etymology. I think Isis is Croatian, so maybe that's what caused her confusion.
I know I stared blankly at the screen for several minutes, thinking "That gotta be a typo. Of course Ira is female"

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