Kira's Name

 

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Etymology

There are a number of meanings attributable to the name Kira:

  • Celtic/Gaelic: Anglicization of Ciar or Ciara: meaning dark or black

  • Latin: light

  • Russian form of Kyra, descended from Kyros, the Greek form of the Persian name Kūrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun". The name is sometimes associated with Greek kyrios "lord". This was the name of several kings of Persia, including Cyrus the Great, who conquered Babylon. He is famous in the Old Testament for freeing the captive Jews and allowing them to return to Israel.

A couple of neat tricks with Kira's name:

KIRA spelled backwards phonetically spells her daddy's name: ARIK (Erich)

Her mommy’s name is a little more complex: Keeping the vowels the same, just back up the consonants by one and you get KIRA:

 

 

A

The shift between alphabets is 7, also the day of the month Kira was born.  Click here for more on the significance of 7.

 

 

B

 

 

C

 

 

D

 

 

E

 

 

F

 

 

G

A

 

H

 

B

 

I

 

C

 

J

D

 

K

 

E

 

L

 

F

 

M

 

G

 

N

 

H

 

O

 

I

 

P

J

 

Q

 

K

I

R

A

 Baby

L

I

S

A

 Mommy

M

 

T

N

 

U

 

O

 

V

 

P

 

W

 

Q

 

X

 

R

 

Y

 

S

 

Z

 

T

 

 

 

U

 

 

 

V

 

 

 

W

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

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Anagrams of Kira Grace Heise:

  • Geisha Ice Raker

  • Geisha ear Erick

  • Geisha rake rice

  • Erich gas air eek (my favorite)

  • Erich age air ski

  • Erich eager saki

  • Erich geek arias

List of possible sibling names:

  • Shattenjager: (pronounced shawn yager) is German for "Shadow Hunter"