Naira

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Naira 1
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified

Naira 2
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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Spanish (Canarian)
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

Naira 3
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Feminine
Usage Arabic (Egyptian), Georgian
Scripts نيرة, نايرة(Arabic) ნაირა(Georgian)

Meaning & History

Derived from Arabic نير (nayyir) meaning "bright, luminous, brilliant".
Added 8/16/2016 by Frollein Gladys
Edited 7/24/2020 by Lucille

Naira 4
not set
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 奈衣羅, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. NAH-EE-ṘAH  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 衣 (i) meaning "clothing" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Added 4/27/2017 by cutenose

Naira 5
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Feminine
Usage Armenian
Scripts Նաիրա(Armenian)

Meaning & History

Feminine form of Nairi.
Added 2/24/2019 by jurure
Edited 7/24/2020 by Lucille

Naira 6
not set
Gender Feminine
Usage Portuguese (Brazilian)

Meaning & History

Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Greek Ναϊάς (Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek mythology (plural Ναϊάδες).
Added 12/28/2022 by guasguendi

See Also

Naira