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Naira 2
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Other Forms FormsNayra

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.
Added 10/25/2013 by Callirrhoe
Edited 8/2/2018 by Frollein Gladys and Callirrhoe


See Also

Naira, and user submission Naira