Kiara
कियाराbright, clear
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Myra
मायरा
sweet, beloved
No dictionary records this spelling yet; the meaning above is the one families use.
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Myra has a documented English literary history, but no verified Indian derivation in the available evidence. Wiktionary associates its creation with the poet Fulke Greville, possibly as an anagram of Mary. The naming reference also proposes Latin myrra, ‘myrrh’. Neither account establishes ‘sweet’ or ‘beloved’. Those meanings should be treated as unsupported interpretations, while the literary origin and uncertainty about Greville's intended derivation remain clear.
No dictionary entry documents this spelling with that sense, so the meaning above is the one families use, not a dictionary definition. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
Myra is read my-ra in English, in two syllables with the vowel of ‘my’. मायरा is a Devanagari rendering. Maira and Mayra are alternative Roman spellings, but a spoken example is useful because vowel combinations may be read differently across languages.
Also spelled Maira, Mayra.