Muslim Name · Female · Urdu origin
Maira Name Meaning in Islam
Moon, amazing.
- Meaning
- Moon, amazing.
- Origin
- Urdu
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- میرا
- Meaning in Urdu
- چاند, حیران کن
- Pronunciation
- MAI-ra
- Lucky number
- 8
Is Maira an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Maira is an established name in Muslim use, Urdu in origin. Its settled meaning is: Moon, amazing. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
This is a Urdu-origin name using the Arabic script letters م-ي-ر-ا. Persian-Urdu naming absorbs the Arabic letter system whole; the letter reading applies unchanged.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Maira's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Mu'min, the Faithful, carried by a person as a faith others can lean on. A person named Maira lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Moon, the amazing one, from Urdu/Persian maira (amazing, wonderful; also: the moon). Maira carries the dual quality of the moon, steady illumination, and the quality of being amazing, of causing wonder.
The name sits at the intersection of the Urdu poetic tradition and the Arabic astronomical tradition, the moon as the most beautiful of the night lights.
How to Pronounce Maira
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Names sharing the م Meem influence
Like Maira, these names carry Meem (م) as the dominant letter of their Arabic spelling.
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Maira
What does the name Maira mean?
The letters of Maira, beginning with Meem, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Maira? →
Is Maira mentioned in the Quran?
Most Islamic names trace back to the Quran in some form. Browse where Maira fits in. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Maira mean in Urdu?
Urdu kept the Arabic letter meanings alive through poetry and scholarship, they still sit under Maira. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Maira a good Islamic name?
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Is Maira a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Maira in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. In the Ilm ul Huroof tradition each letter in Maira, starting from Meem, is read as a principle of the name; this is interpretation offered for reflection. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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