Naira
Not a Slavic name: Naira comes from Arabic نيّرة (nayyira), a word for what shines, and the meaning stays there, bright and shining. It stays rare in Poland, given so seldom that most people will never meet one, and it arrives whole, with no Polish nickname.
Naira Pronunciation
Naira is pronounced nah-EE-rah (/naˈira/).
What Naira means
Where Naira comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Naira reaches Polish name lists from outside the Slavic tradition. Its clearest link runs back to Arabic نيّرة (nayyira), a word for what is luminous. The short meaning holds to that root: bright, shining.
The name travels without Polish diminutives. No zdrobnienie has fixed to it, and no variant crosses over from another spelling. Where many Polish names spawn a handful of familiar shortenings, Naira offers none. People meet it at full length. It arrives whole.
On a September class register, Naira would sit near Nadia and Nela by sound alone, with no Slavic cousin beside it. There is no set imieniny for the name in the Polish calendar. That gap leaves it standing on its own five letters. The Arabic root stays legible all the same: nayyira, bright and shining.
How many people are named Naira
1 in 122521 women in Poland is named Naira. 184 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2346 among female names.
Naira's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Naira is most popular
Naira is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 girls born+904%
Naira as a middle name
Naira is a first name for 184 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 97/3 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3765th, between Nabila (5) and Najna (5).
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#3763 Müge5
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#3764 Nabila5
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#3765 Naira5
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#3766 Najna5
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#3767 Nala5