The baby name Cheera is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'ipa': '/ˈtʃiːrə/', 'phonetic': 'CHEE-rah'}.
The baby name Cheera is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'ipa': '/ˈtʃiːrə/', 'phonetic': 'CHEE-rah'}.
Cheera is Malayalam, Tamil in Origin.
Cheera is a rare given name with several plausible roots. In Malayalam (Kerala, India), cheera is the everyday word for amaranth greens, making Cheera a quiet nature name; it also recalls the ancient Chera royal lineage of the region, which sometimes appears in family names. In contemporary use, Cheera surfaces sporadically in South Asia and the diaspora, and in English-speaking settings it can arise as a creative spelling.
Meanings vary by pathway: as a Malayalam word-name it suggests amaranth - symbolically “unfading” and nourishing; as a phonetic cousin of Ciara (Irish ciar, “dark”) it conveys “dark-haired” beauty; aligned with Chiara/Clara (Latin clarus) it reads “bright, clear”; and through the Cyra/Kira stream (Persian) it can be taken as “sun” or “throne.” Variants and related forms include Chera, Chira, Cira, Ciara, Keera, Kira, and Chiara.
Cheera is far from common. We have only 19 recorded uses of it on record, from 8 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #423 | 2 | 15,987 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,068 | 5 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,194 | 6 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Cheera is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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