Shakira

Where Shakira comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shakira.

  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Shakira through the years
  1. 1947
    Shakira Caine born
    Guyanese-British model and actress
  2. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,492 among girls with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2000
    Shakira Austin born
    American basketball player
  4. 2002
    Peak, #535
    512 babies named Shakira, the most in any year.
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,180.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Shakir.
Namesakes
  • Shakira Caine · Guyanese-British model and actress, born 1947
  • Shakira Austin · American basketball player, born 2000
  • Shakira Baker · New Zealand rugby sevens player, born 1992
  • Shakira Duncan · Jamaican footballer, born 1989
  • Shakira Martin · Jamaican model, 1986–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.