Amayra is a modern spelling of Amaira, a name popular in India that is usually explained through the Arabic Amira, "princess", or the Sanskrit amara, "immortal". It became fashionable among Indian families in the 2010s and reached America mainly through Indian American parents. In the United States Amayra has climbed from around number 6500 in 2015 to number 2617 in 2023 and stands at number 2860 in 2025.