Yara Forename
3,737th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 281,343 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt
Yara Forename User-submission:
The name Yara originates from the name of a mythical mermaid from Tupi Guarani indigenous mythology, who sings songs to attract sailors and pulls them underwater to live with her forever.
Yara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 117,746 | 1:781 | 139 |
| Brazil | 100% | 35,815 | 1:5,982 | 782 |
| Syria | - | 24,352 | 1:793 | 155 |
| Mozambique | - | 21,600 | 1:1,261 | 283 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 21,448 | 1:1,437 | 251 |
| Angola | 100% | 16,060 | 1:1,679 | 344 |
| India | 80% | 8,714 | 1:139,417 | 15,711 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7,256 | 1:17,109 | 1,133 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3,944 | 1:49,279 | 2,840 |
| United States | 100% | 2,207 | 1:164,267 | 6,262 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,965 | 1:23,679 | 1,316 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 1,757 | 1:3,203 | 553 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1,561 | 1:5,655 | 642 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,127 | 1:14,997 | 1,586 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,043 | 1:5,770 | 783 |
| Israel | 100% | 931 | 1:9,026 | 1,200 |
| Morocco | - | 901 | 1:38,123 | 1,790 |
| Panama | 100% | 897 | 1:4,355 | 780 |
| Benin | 100% | 664 | 1:15,927 | 1,851 |
| Mali | 100% | 608 | 1:27,924 | 1,823 |
| Russia | 73% | 565 | 1:255,281 | 3,502 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 526 | 1:490,425 | 37,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81% | 507 | 1:16,080 | 1,596 |
| Qatar | 100% | 504 | 1:4,702 | 753 |
| Guinea | - | 450 | 1:26,353 | 1,178 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 410 | 1:73,663 | 3,734 |
| Portugal | - | 406 | 1:25,643 | 1,119 |
| Peru | 100% | 400 | 1:79,479 | 3,181 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 383 | 1:27,236 | 2,290 |
| Colombia | 99% | 376 | 1:127,072 | 3,711 |
| Cuba | - | 349 | 1:32,970 | 1,288 |
| Palestine | 100% | 346 | 1:13,150 | 914 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Bahrain | - | 326 | 1:4,137 | 668 |
| Ecuador | - | 274 | 1:64,697 | 1,985 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 263 | 1:40,310 | 1,861 |
| Iraq | 100% | 261 | 1:134,168 | 2,817 |
| Ivory Coast | 78% | 261 | 1:88,414 | 5,569 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 226 | 1:21,097 | 1,412 |
| Nigeria | 51% | 221 | 1:803,459 | 21,578 |
| Burkina Faso | 51% | 215 | 1:85,486 | 4,921 |
| Chile | 98% | 207 | 1:85,059 | 2,344 |
| Thailand | 90% | 196 | 1:357,479 | 18,930 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 194 | 1:83,033 | 2,051 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 192 | 1:1,000 | 181 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Nepal | 94% | 179 | 1:159,147 | 7,429 |
| Iran | 100% | 164 | 1:478,639 | 5,896 |
| Germany | 100% | 149 | 1:648,845 | 6,118 |
| England | 82% | 126 | 1:441,293 | 9,810 |
| Canada | 100% | 124 | 1:267,205 | 9,022 |
| Sweden | 97% | 119 | 1:82,840 | 3,751 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 106 | 1:4,992 | 683 |
| Honduras | 100% | 103 | 1:85,606 | 2,997 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 83 | 1:42,775 | 1,291 |
| France | 100% | 74 | 1:898,248 | 7,379 |
| Niger | 59% | 64 | 1:299,750 | 7,310 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 63 | 1:54,407 | 1,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 60 | 1:119,200 | 8,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 71% | 56 | 1:316,908 | 5,770 |
| Belgium | 100% | 50 | 1:229,801 | 5,278 |
| Italy | 100% | 47 | 1:1,299,193 | 10,462 |
| Belarus | 75% | 44 | 1:215,509 | 1,812 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 44 | 1:692,044 | 27,306 |
| Senegal | 54% | 43 | 1:339,101 | 5,317 |
| Philippines | 100% | 37 | 1:2,865,121 | 57,898 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Afghanistan | 62% | 31 | 1:1,052,371 | 12,648 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 31 | 1:264,951 | 5,486 |
| El Salvador | - | 26 | 1:243,915 | 3,163 |
| New Zealand | - | 25 | 1:181,442 | 6,350 |
| Uganda | 63% | 25 | 1:1,638,277 | 23,304 |
| Australia | - | 23 | 1:593,810 | 8,803 |
| Belize | 100% | 21 | 1:16,872 | 2,067 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Oman | 100% | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13 | 1:3,290,249 | 9,899 |
| Cameroon | 72% | 12 | 1:1,800,875 | 40,142 |
| Czechia | 76% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Ukraine | 86% | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Kenya | - | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3 | 1:18,177,550 | 242,026 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Yára (21), Yará (2) & Yàra (1) are calculated separately.
Yara (71,335) may also be a surname.
Yara Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Yara originates from the name of a mythical mermaid from Tupi Guarani indigenous mythology, who sings songs to attract sailors and pulls them underwater to live with her forever.
- victoriahefflyThe name Yara means 'little butterfly'.
- rzzzzzzznYara Forename Popularity
Yara Demographics
Yara Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 275 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Yara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yara in the Russian language | ||
| Яра | ara | - |
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