Shira
A Hebrew name meaning "song" or "singing". It has never caught on in Poland: only a few hundred women carry it, and most Poles will never meet one.
Shira Pronunciation
What Shira means
Where Shira comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Shira is a Hebrew name, and its meaning sits right on the surface: song, singing. The root sh-r gives the Hebrew word for poetry set to music, and it names the biblical Shirat HaYam, the Song of the Sea, sung after the crossing of the Red Sea. A name born from music.
Because it stays close to that root, Shira has almost no diminutives or variants. It is spoken as it is written.
In Jewish tradition the name lives in the world of prayer and celebration, since so much of that tradition is sung rather than read. The Israeli actress Shira Haas, known abroad for the series Unorthodox, carries it today.
In a Polish class register the name stands out among the Zuzannas and the Antonis, short and clear. Four letters, and one meaning a child can carry home: song.
How many people are named Shira
1 in 71341 women in Poland is named Shira. 316 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1699 among female names.
Shira's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Shira as a middle name
Shira is a first name for 316 women in Poland and a middle name for another 14, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2034th, between Sema (14) and Sonya (14).
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#2032 Rolanda14
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#2033 Sema14
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#2034 Shira14
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#2035 Sonya14
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#2036 Szymona14