Cierra

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Cierra is read●(measured from records)

Cierra is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English85%

  A female given name from Irish of modern American usage, variant of Ciara or Sierra.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish6.3%

  inflection of cerrar:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Cierra is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Canada, France

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Ciërra

• Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Japan

  Also written Ćiërrã

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Cierra Ramirezb. 1995USAmerican actress and singer (born 1995)
• CeCe Hooksb. 1999USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1999)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cierra mean, and where does it come from?

A female given name from Irish of modern American usage, variant of Ciara or Sierra. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Cierra a male or female name?

Cierra is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What are other forms of the name Cierra?

In the etymology graph, Ciara, Ciera and Cearra are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Cierra have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 22 thousand people named Cierra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cierra.

Where is Cierra most common?

Cierra is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Cierra?

In the United States, the national register counted 22,464 people named Cierra in 2020, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.