Indira
Meaning
beauty, splendor (an epithet of the goddess Lakshmi)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Indira peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,585 people · the #6,036 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 125,000 · median age 35
Among people named Indira living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Indira
Most people given the name Indira in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Indira deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Indira truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Indira fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Indira travels
Indonesian · beauty, splendor (Sanskrit root, echoes Indira Gandhi)
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