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Kira is a mostly female given name of ancient origin and multiple etymological derivations. The girl's name Kira is pronounced . It might be a female form of the name Kiran, pronounced . Kiran is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, meaning "beam of light". Besides Sanskrit, there might be other etymologies from Egyptian, where the word Ki-Ra means "like Ra", or Persian.〔(Persian meaning of the name Kira )〕〔http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/kira〕 Due to the Greek interpretation of the Persian king's name Kourosh (کوروش, ''Kūrosh'') as Κύρος (''Kýros'') – which was obviously modeled after the Greek word κύριος (''kýrios'' "lord"), the female form being κυρία (''kyría'') – Kyra (or Kira) can also be understood as a variant of this originally Persian name of uncertain signification.〔(Greek meaning of the name Kira )〕 Therefore it is also in use as a female form of the Greek diminutive form Cyril. Cyrus was the name of several kings of Persia, including Cyrus the Great, who was famous for his vast expansion of the Persian Empire, conquering Babylon; he is known to many today from the Bible, for freeing the captive Jews (among others) and allowing them to return to their homeland. In Russian Kira (Ки́ра) is the feminine form of the male name Kir, meaning "mistress, ruler", but can translate to "leader of the people", "one the people look to" or "beloved".〔(Russian Translation for Kira )〕 Kira could also have arrived into Russian from the Persian-Greek name Kyra. Kira is one of several Anglicized forms of the Celtic name Ciara, which in Gaelic means "dark".〔(Gaelic meaning of the name Kira )〕 There is also a Japanese name, romanized as ''Kira'', which is common in Japan, as both given name and family name. ''Kira kira'' also means "glittery, shiny" in Japanese. 〔(Japanese & various meanings of the name Kira )〕 Finally, "Kira" is a diminutive of the old and rare male given name Avvakir.〔Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3. page 31〕 Variant forms include Kaira, Keera, Keira, Kiera, Kyra, Kyrah, Kyreena, Kyrha, Kyria, Kyrie, Kyrene, Kyrra and Kirra.〔(Origins and 11 variant names of Kyra )〕 == People with this name == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kira (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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