📖 À propos Keera
Keera est une graphie moderne de Kira et Keira, un prénom aux trois racines convergentes: perse (féminin de Cyrus le Grand), celtique irlandais (de sainte Ciara, 'sombre') et grec (kyria, 'maîtresse'); son son chaleureux et ouvert en a fait un choix populaire dans le monde anglophone depuis les années 1990.
📍 Détails
- OriginePersian
- Genre♀ Féminin
- SignificationVariant of Kira. Sun, throne
🔀 Variantes et Prénoms Associés
⭐ Personnes Célèbres
- Cyrus the Great (namesake root) — Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 600-530 BC), the first ruler to govern an empire spanning three continents; his Cyrus Cylinder is considered one of the earliest declarations of human rights; he liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity and is one of only two non-Israelites called 'messiah' in the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 45:1); Kira/Keera as a feminine form of Cyrus carries this extraordinary heritage.
- Keira Knightley — British actress (born 1985), one of the most recognisable stars of her generation; known for Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), and The Imitation Game (2014); her spelling Keira is the Irish/Gaelic form and her global fame brought the name family to worldwide recognition.
- Kyra Sedgwick — American actress (born 1965), known for her lead role in the long-running police drama The Closer (2005-2012), for which she won a Golden Globe; married to Kevin Bacon and one of the most respected television actresses of her generation.
- Saint Ciara of Kilkeary — Early Irish abbess (6th century) who founded the monastery of Kilkeary in County Tipperary; her Gaelic name Ciara (dark) is the origin of the Irish form of the name family, and her veneration as a local saint kept the name alive in Irish tradition for centuries.