Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Imara
/ee · MAH · rah/
Meaning
“Strong, firm, or resolute”
Swahili feminine name meaning strong, firm, or resolute; widely used across East Africa and increasingly chosen by diaspora families in the UK and US.
Nicknames
ima
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Strong meaning, strong sound; one of those names that ages beautifully because substance never dates.
The cultural moment.
Steadily used across East Africa; rising in the UK and US among diaspora communities since 2010.