Meaning Of The Name Akira - Origin And History

Name Akira - meaning, origin, numerology

Name: Akira

Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)

Usage: Akira is a popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.

People having the name Akira are in general originating from Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Akira across the world, see Kira.

Name Meaning of Akira

Meaning: The meaning of the name Akira is: Intelligent, Distinct.

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N.B. Sometimes it happens that another name has the same meaning. There is nothing surprising in this: both names have the same origin or the same numbers of numerology.

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Numerology Interpretation

Numerology of the first name Akira: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.

Interpretation: Qualities: Successful, Visionary Ruling planet: Uranus Colors: Blue, Gray Gemstones: Sapphire

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Popularity of the Name

The name Akira is ranked on the 3,436th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 100000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Akira has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Akira for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

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History and Origin

Akira (あきら, アキラ) is a common Japanese given name. There are several kanji for Akira. A popular kanji is 明 which means "bright", "intelligent", or "clear". Though Akira is normally used to name males, it can be a female name as well. It is also a Hindu female name meaning "graceful strength".

Unrelated names with similar pronunciations occur in other cultures. In Scotland it is an anglicized female version of the Scottish male name Acair, meaning "anchor". While in Nigeria, Akira is used as a unisex name.

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16 January 2021 I bet that first jump in popularity is right after Devilman became popular, and that second jump is when the film Akira came out.