I am sort of loving this name right now. It was mentioned in one of the other posts recently but spelt [name]Eira[/name].
My husband and I used to want to honor an [name]Irene[/name] in our family by naming our daughter [name]Irena[/name] or [name]Eirene[/name] but disliked the ‘ren’ sound in the names. Coming across this name made me think we could still honor somebody.
What do you like of [name]Ira[/name]?
I dunno, I listen to NPR, so all I can think of is [name]Ira[/name] Glass. To me the name [name]Ira[/name] personifies a nerdy, skinny Jewish guy.
[name]How[/name] about [name]Iris[/name]?
My favourite name of all time 
I can’t even explain why I love it so much, it just makes me smile every time I hear it or say it. I know the Jewish/Hebrew version is traditionally a boys name but the Welsh Eira is all girl so I felt much more justified in my liking of it when I found that out 
The first time I heard it on a girl was in a book series called ‘The Wind on Fire’. The main characters mother was called Ira Hath. She was a prophet and a very cool character.
Anyway I MUCH prefer the [name]Ira[/name] spelling to [name]Eira[/name] even though you say them exactly the same and it makes pronunciation much clearer too 
There’s also:
Irina (but that’s said more like ‘ee-reena’)
Eirlys
Eirwen
[name]Ira[/name] is too related to [name]Ira[/name] [name]Hayes[/name] and [name]Ira[/name] Glass for me, I can’t imagine it on a girl but I second the [name]Iris[/name] vote.
It’s not my style, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.
I only knew one [name]Ira[/name] and he was an 80 something year old man. Isn’t [name]Eira[/name] pronounced Ay-ra? ANd [name]Ira[/name] would be like eye-ra? Or am I wrong?
I’ll third [name]Iris[/name] as love that name.
[name]Eira[/name] can be pronounced as ‘eye-ra’ or ‘ay-ra’ depending on whether you’re from [name]North[/name] or South [name]Wales[/name]. Different dialects change the pronunciation of a fair few Welsh names.
The only reason I prefer the [name]Ira[/name] spelling over [name]Eira[/name] is because it is easier for Americans to pronounce. I would use the eye-ra pronunciation.
I do like [name]Iris[/name] but, I am a physician, and it would just come off funny if I named my kid after an anatomical part…It feels similar to naming your kid elbow.
My mil is named [name]Irena[/name] & she goes by [name]Irene[/name] & [name]Ira[/name] as well.
I like [name]Ira[/name] on a boy very much & group it with [name]Ezra[/name] & [name]Elijah[/name]…soft but handsome imo. I only like the [name]Ira[/name] spelling.
I love nerdy cool boy names & don’t think [name]Ira[/name] Glass is a negative namesake at all.
[name]Iris[/name] is also a pretty way to honor [name]Irene[/name], but [name]Iris[/name] on a girl isn’t as unique as [name]Ira[/name] on a boy imo.
[name]Ira[/name] is a man’s name to me ([name]Ira[/name] [name]Gershwin[/name]) so I think a different spelling would work better or an alternative
[name]Eira[/name]
Yra
Eyra
Irah
[name]Ara[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
[name]Isa[/name]
[name]Ina[/name]
[name]Ora[/name]
Well, not to be hierarchical about body parts, but an elbow is so humdrum, whereas the eyes are windows to the soul. I totally understand if you can’t get past your medical associations with [name]Iris[/name]. But I doubt most people immediately think of the eye’s iris when they hear the name. I think of the beautiful, lush and blousy flowers, and [name]Van[/name] Gogh’s paintings of them. In Greek mythology, [name]Iris[/name] was a messenger of the gods (especially [name]Hera[/name]) and a goddess of rainbows!
I had [name]Eira[/name] on my list for a long time. It means snow. I’ve heard it pronounced ay-rrra with a sort of rolling r. So pretty. I do like [name]Ira[/name] (eye-ra) though. I think it’s cute.
You pretty much just sold me on [name]Iris[/name]! Haha.
My other problem with the spelling [name]Eira[/name] is that it does not look as…“clean” as [name]Ira[/name]. And I do realize [name]Ira[/name] is a male name traditionally, but given the -ra ending and the rarity of the name, I don’t think anyone would second guess a female [name]Ira[/name].
I love [name]Ira[/name] for a boy, so I’m going to give this a big, fat no.
[name]Ira[/name] is all boy to me. Despite the ‘-a’ ending, it doesn’t look feminine at all, for some reason.
Lol, I find this quite funny. I know it’s all people’s opinions but I’ve seen far more masculine names and surnames being suggested for girls and watched them go down a storm. O_o [name]How[/name] is [name]Ira[/name] any different? But anyway, [name]Eira[/name] - pronounced exactly the same way - really is a girls name… so technically this thread is more about a different spelling of [name]Eira[/name] to make pronunciation more obvious than it is about taking a boys name and using it on a girl.
It’s a boys’ name.
It sounds like a terrorist organisation ([name]IRA[/name]). I would never use such a politically loaded name.
You say the name of the terrorist organisation ‘eye-are-ay’. Not ‘eye-ra’. They’re only spelt the same 
Yeah, that’ right.
I love [name]Eira[/name], but [name]Ira[/name] is a boy name to me (I’m jewish so that might be why). And I pronounce them differently, [name]Eira[/name] is AY-rah and [name]Ira[/name] is EYE-ruh. However, [name]Ira[/name] is perfectly okay on a girl (it sounds a lot like [name]Ida[/name], [name]Iva[/name] and [name]Ina[/name]), but I prefer the [name]Eira[/name] spelling.
I used to live in [name]Russia[/name] and a close friend of mine was [name]Irina[/name] nn [name]Ira[/name] (pronounced like Ear-uh). I thought it was lovely. However, if you want to pronounce it Eye-rah, I think there’s going to be confusion about it being a girls names.