This Welsh name means ‘much snow’ which would be quite fitting for a baby born in the midst of winter! This pretty name comes from the Welsh word for snow – Eira – which is also very lovely too!
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meaning
Much snow
pronunciation
Can be pronounced either un-AY-ra or un-EYE-ra
origin
Welsh
popularity
The popularity of Aneira is mostly within Wales, though it did not appear in the top 100 baby names for England & Wales in 2020. It has only been in use as a name since the early 1900s and acccording to names.org there have only been 81 babies recorded as named Aneira in the United States between 1880 and 2019 – quite a unique name indeed!
nicknames
This seems like a name that won’t likely be shortened and I didn’t come across any listings of short-forms for this name.
sources
Wikipedia
