Iara is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “severe, angry.” In 2024 it was given to 16 girls in the United States.
Iara belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “severe, angry” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Iara first appears in Social Security records in 2002. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7030 in 2024, and in 2024 16 babies received the name — 211 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Iara means “severe, angry” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Iara is a girl name. In 2024, 16 babies received the name in the US.
Iara comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Iara first appears in US records in 2002. Its best-ever ranking was #7030 in 2024, and 16 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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