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Name Naira
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Spanish (Canarian)
Other Forms FormsNayra
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Meaning & History
Recorded ca. 1484 by Pedro Gómez Escudero as the name of a Guanche (male) warrior from Telde. According to the scholar Ignacio Reyes García, the name means "front" or "to guide" in the Guanche language.
Naira was revived in the Canary Islands in the 1970s as a feminine name.
Naira was revived in the Canary Islands in the 1970s as a feminine name.