Forename Akira

Across the world, Akira (Akira , アキラ , Акира ) is a common unisex given name. The forename Akira is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Macao, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Japan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Japan, Indonesia, and the United States. More frequently, Akira is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Akira

name 明, name 启, name 亞基拉, name Líng, name Chéng, name Àkira, name 旭, name 徹, name 亮, name アキラ, name Akirã, name 昭良, name 晃, name 晶, name 亨, name Акіра, name 憲, name Ling, name Ákira, name 哲, name Акира, name Akîra, name Sheng, name 周, name Akirà, name 昶, name 暁, name Ruì, name 明良, name Hēng, name اكيرا, name 旻, name อคิราภ์, name อากิระ, name 公, name 啓, name Shèng, name Akira, name 昌, name 斌, name 彬良, name 彰, name 叡, name 昭, name 享, name 旦, name 啟, name 彰良, name 晄, name 光, name 智, name Akïra, name 晟

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Akira	United States, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, China
アキラ	Japan
Акира	Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Akirà, Akirã, Akîra, Akïra, Chéng, Hēng, Ling, Líng, Ruì, Sheng, Shèng, Àkira, Ákira, Акіра, اكيرا, อคิราภ์, อากิระ, 亞基拉, 亨, 享, 亮, 光, 公, 叡, 启, 周, 哲, 啓, 啟, 彬良, 彰, 彰良, 徹, 憲, 斌, 旦, 旭, 旻, 昌, 明, 明良, 昭, 昭良, 昶, 晃, 晄, 晟, 晶, 智, 暁,

First name Akira in the context

Akira is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Akira Nishikiyama , the Fictional character from the Yakuza series, Yakuza 0; Akira Kenjou , the fictional character from Kirakira PreCure a la Mode; Akira Yamamoto , character in 宇宙戦艦ヤマトシリーズ; Akira Yuki , the fictional character from Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round and Akira Ono , the fictional character from Hi Score Girl, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	minamoto no akira (b. 814)
	akira yoshizawa Japanese origamist (1911-2005), JP (b. 1911)
	akira nagano born 1888; died 1975 (b. 1888)
	akira hirota badminton player, JP (b. 1943)
	akira kotera Japanese chemist (b. 1911)
	akira umagoshi (b. 1902)
	akira isogawa Australian fashion designer, AU (b. 1964)
	akira suwa Japanese seismologist and volcanologist (1919-1999) (b. 1919)
	akira hiraide (b. 1910)
	akira itami (b. 1911)
	akira kamada Japanese pharmacist (1922-2002) (b. 1922)
	akira sueno (b. 1913)
	akira arimura Japanese academic (1923-2007), US (b. 1923)
	akira ishimaru Ph.D. University of Washington 1958, JP (b. 1928)
	akira tohei Japanese aikidoka (1929-1999), US (b. 1929)