At a Glance: Name: Yura – Pronunciation: YOO-rah
Yura appears in our list of 200+ Native American Baby Names Honoring Indigenous Heritage.
Meaning & Origin of Yura
A common claim: Baby-name sites commonly list Yura as a Yupik name meaning 'beautiful.' Actually: This could not be independently verified -- the only matching dictionary entry found is for an unrelated Australian Aboriginal (Pama-Nyungan) language group, not a Yupik word for 'beautiful.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Yura
Phonetic: YOO-rah IPA: /ˈjuː.rə/
Popularity of Yura
Yura doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Yura
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