Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇮🇳 Kirana
/kee · RAH · nah/
Meaning
“Ray of light”
Sanskrit feminine name meaning 'ray of light', the feminized form of Kiran; used in India and Indonesia, where it also appears in classical Javanese literature.
Nicknames
kira
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Radiant meaning and cross-cultural; ages gracefully across South and Southeast Asian contexts.
The cultural moment.
Used in India and widely in Indonesia; rising in Indonesian urban naming since the 2000s.