Ira (name)
Ira (/ˈiːrə/ or /ˈaɪərə/) is a male and female given name. In Hebrew, the name Ira (עִירָא, Standard Hebrew ʿIra, Tiberian Hebrew ʿÎrâ) means watchful.
In Sanskrit, Ira (ईरा) is the name of the wind-god who is father of the monkey god Hanuman. Ira (इरा) is the daughter of Daksha who was married to the sage Kashyap. Ira is also another name for the goddess Sarasvati, and for Earth in Sanskrit.
In Russia and Finland, Ira is a female given name, which is the short form of the Greek name Eirene. Eirene was a Greek goddess that was the personification of peace, and the name itself means peace. Ira can be a nickname for Ireneo, Irenej, Ireneus, and Irinij.
Ira may refer to:
People
- Ira H. Abbott (1906–1988), American aerospace engineer
- Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), American actor
- Ira Allen (1751–1814), American politician
- Ira Angustain (born 1958), American actor
- Ira Aten (1862–1953), American sheriff
- Ira Babcock (1808–1888), American pioneer
- Ira Baldwin (1895–1999), American scientist
- Ira Basen (born 1962), Canadian radio producer
- Ira Coleman Batman (1862–1934), American jurist and politician
- Ira Steven Behr (born 1953), American television producer
- Ira Berkow (born 1940), American writer
- Ira Berlin (born 1941), American historian
- Ira Bowman (born 1973), American basketball player
- Ira Byock (born 1951), American physician and author
- Ira Condict (1764–1811), American college president
- Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947), American politician and newspaper publisher
- Ira P. DeLoache (1879-1965), American real estate developer.
- Ira Deutchman (born 1953), American film producer
- Ira Drukier (born 1945), American hotelier
- Ira Dubey (born 1984), Indian film actress
- Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), American general
- Ira Allen Eastman (1809–1881), American politician
- Ira Elliot (born 1963), American drummer
- Ira Flatow (born 1949), American journalist
- Ira Fuchs (born 1948), American computer sceintist
- Ira A. Fulton (born 1931), American businessman
- Ira Gershwin (1896–1983), American lyricist
- Ira Glass (born 1959), American radio presenter
- Ira B. Harkey Jr. (1918–2006), American writer
- Ira Hayes (1923–1955), American marine, photographed raising the flag on Iwo Jima
- Ira B. Hyde (1838–1926), American politician
- Ira Kaplan (born 1957), American musician
- Ira Katznelson (born 1944), American political scientist
- Ira Levin (1929–2007), American writer
- Ira Losco (born 1981), Maltese singer
- Ira Magaziner (born 1947), American consultant
- Ira Newborn (born 1949), American composer
- Ira C. Owens (born 1936), American general
- Ira Remsen (1846–1927), American chemist
- Ira Sachs (born 1965), American filmmaker
- Ira Sankey (1840–1908), American singer
- Ira Sharkansky (born 1938), American political scientist
- Ira Shor (born 1945), American educator
- Ira Stoll (born 1972), American journalist
Ira Trivedi (born 1985), Indian Author and Activist (www.iratrivedi.in)
- Ira Wolfert (1908–1997), American war correspondent
Fiction
- Ira Buchman, fictonal character in the American television series Mad About You
- Ira Gaines, fictional character in the American television series 24
- Ira Goldstein, fictional character in ASB Bank advertisements in New Zealand
- Ira Wright, fictional character in the 2009 film Funny People