Ira
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ira"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a Hebrew name עִירָא ('ira), from a word meaning "watchful".
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪɹə/
- Rhymes: -aɪɹə
- Hyphenation: I‧ra
Proper noun edit
Ira
- 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.
- 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.
- An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
- A town in Cayuga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas.
- A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
Etymology 2 edit
Russian and Czech diminutive of the cognates of Irene.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ira
- A female given name from the Slavic languages
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Ira (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a surname
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of Irina, perhaps through Russian Ира (Ira).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ira
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Ira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Ira | Irat | ||
genitive | Iran | Irojen | ||
partitive | Iraa | Iroja | ||
illative | Iraan | Iroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Ira | Irat | ||
accusative | nom. | Ira | Irat | |
gen. | Iran | |||
genitive | Iran | Irojen Irainrare | ||
partitive | Iraa | Iroja | ||
inessive | Irassa | Iroissa | ||
elative | Irasta | Iroista | ||
illative | Iraan | Iroihin | ||
adessive | Iralla | Iroilla | ||
ablative | Iralta | Iroilta | ||
allative | Iralle | Iroille | ||
essive | Irana | Iroina | ||
translative | Iraksi | Iroiksi | ||
abessive | Iratta | Iroitta | ||
instructive | — | Iroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Ira is the 357th 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.