Ira

From a Hebrew name עִירָא ('ira), from a word meaning "watchful".

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪɹə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪɹə
• Hyphenation: I‧ra

Ira

1. A captain of King David, a minor figure in the Bible mentioned in 2 Samuel 20:26.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 20:26:
     :

     And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

2. A male given name from Hebrew, mostly of American usage.
   • 2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, pages 140–141:

     So is Ira Gershwin something to do with the more famous George Gershwin? Caroline says.
     She was his wife, wasn't she? Jen says coming in with plates balanced on her arm.
     He was his brother, Mark says. It comes into his head how much Faye loved songs. He had quite forgotten how much.
     It does sound like a girl's name, though, doesn't it? Caroline is saying.
     There's no way I'd ever call a daughter that, Hannah says.

3. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Iowa.
4. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
5. A town in Cayuga County, New York.
6. An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas.
7. A town in Rutland County, Vermont.

Russian and Czech diminutive of the cognates of Irene.

IPA^(key): /ˈirə/

Ira

1. A female given name from the Slavic languages

• 'air, ARI, Ari, IAR, RIA, Rai, air, rai, raï, ria

Ira (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a surname

Diminutive of Irina, perhaps through Russian Ира (Ira).

• IPA^(key): /ˈirɑ/, [ˈirɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -irɑ
• Syllabification^(key): I‧ra

Ira

1. a female given name

• Ira is the 357^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,183 female individuals (and as a middle name to 296 more), and also belongs to 5 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.