Aira

From Ancient Greek αἶρα (aîra).

Aira f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the hair grasses, native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe

• (genus): Aira praecox (yellow hairgrass, early hairgrass) - type species; for the numerous species see Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Airopsis

• Aira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aira at USDA Plants database

Variant of Airi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯rɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑirɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ai‧ra

Aira

1. a female given name

• Aira is the 191^st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,307 female individuals (and as a middle name to 558 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• aari

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1934. From airene (“ryegrass”), from Airisa as a rendering of the English Iris, or a phonetic coinage.

Aira f

1. a female given name

• Airita

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Aira was the only given name of 457 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.