What names are similar to Ezra?
If you like Ezra, consider Ara, Thura and Sora. Like Ezra, their spellings end in -ra.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Ezra.
Ara Armenian · legendary Armenian king Ara the Beautiful of Armenian mythology
Thura Burmese · hero, brave one, from Pali sura (သူရ); also awarded as a gallantry title in Myanmar
Sora Japanese · sky
Dara Khmer · star; from Sanskrit tara. A true unisex classic and a great accidental crossover: the same spelling exists as an Irish name and a Persian one, so Cambodian American kids rarely have to explain it twice
The same roots
Also Hebrew names, from the tradition Ezra comes from.
Noah Hebrew · "rest," from the Hebrew Noach, the ark-builder who rode out the flood; quiet for most of the 20th century, then the defining boys' name of the 2010s in the US and much of Europe. Gentle in sound, patriarch in weight
Ethan Hebrew · "firm, enduring," from Eitan; in the Bible a sage whose wisdom only Solomon surpassed. An early-American favorite that returned in the 1990s and stayed; solid by etymology and by temperament
Asa Hebrew · "physician, healer"
Levi Hebrew · traditionally "joined, attached," from the hope Genesis records at his birth; the priestly tribe of Israel descends from him. Centuries of Jewish use, a denim-tinged American ring, and a 2010s surge that made it a fresh-feeling classic
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Ezra, on a similar curve.
Eli Hebrew · ascended, uplifted
Rudra Sanskrit · a fierce, storm form of the god Shiva
Zakai Hebrew · pure, innocent
Isa Hebrew · short form of Isabel/Isabella, meaning 'God is my oath'
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