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Meera

मीरा

Say it MEE-raa

Meaning today: Devotee of krishna, prosperous
Original meaning: "possibly Sanskrit mīra (m.), 'the sea, ocean'; no dictionary links it to the name" Monier-Williams, p. 819
Say it: MEE-raa
Written: मीरा
Other spellings: Mira
First sound: मी · Simha rashi

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Meera meaning

Meera (मीरा) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, मी, it is a Simha rashi name (Magha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.

Meaning today

Devotee of krishna, prosperous

Original Sanskrit meaning

"possibly Sanskrit mīra (m.), 'the sea, ocean'; no dictionary links it to the name"

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 819 · entry mīra · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

Meera (मीरा) is best known as the name of Mirabai, the sixteenth-century Rajput princess and poet-saint whose songs of devotion to Krishna remain widely loved in northern India. Britannica records her as the only child of Ratan Singh of Merta, married into the ruling house of Mewar, and persecuted by her in-laws after she was widowed. Because of her, name lists usually explain Meera as "devotee of Krishna", and some also give "prosperous". Monier-Williams has no entry for a feminine Mīrā, but it lists the masculine mīra, "the sea, ocean". The name is often linked to that word, though the connection rests on the shared form rather than on any dictionary statement.

References: Monier-Williams, mīra, p. 819 · Britannica, Mira Bai