Hira, or Heera, is a given name of South Asian ( Indian,

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

) and

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

origin. It is a unisex name in India and Pakistan though more associated with women. It is a masculine name in

. The

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word has several meanings, one of which is "diamond".

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* Hira Chandra KC *

Hira Devi Waiba Hira Devi Waiba (9 September 1940 – 19 January 2011) was an Indian folk singer in the Nepali-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs. Her song " Chura ta Hoina Astura" is said to be the first Tamang Selo (a genre of N ...

* Hira Gurung * Hira Lal * Hira Lal Atal * Hira Lal Devpura * Hira Lall Sibal *

Hira Mani Hira Salman (''née'' Jamal; born 27 February 1989), known as Hira Mani (), is a Pakistani television actress, singer, presenter, and former video jockey. She starred as the lead in several hit series, including ''Jab We Wed'' (2014), ''Preet N ...

* Hira Singh Bisht * Hira Singh Dard * Hira Singh Gabria * Hira Singh Khatri *

Hira Singh Nabha Sir Hira Singh GCSI GCIE (18 December 1843 – 24 December 1911) was the ruler of Nabha State from 1871 to 1911. Nabha was one of the Phulkian states in the Punjab. Early life Hira Singh was born at Badrukhan, Jind, on 18 December 1843, the s ...

* Hira Solanki * Hira Tareen * Hira Te Popo * Hira Vallabh Tripathi *

Heera Pathak Heera Ramnarayan Pathak, born Heera Kalyanray Mehta, was a Gujarati poet and literary critic. She married Ramnarayan V. Pathak, a Gujarati writer. Life She was born on 12 April 1916 in Mumbai. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1936 from ...

, Gujarati poet and literary critic *

Heera Rajagopal Heera Rajagopal is a former Indian actress who has appeared in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Early life and family Heera Rajagopal was born to Colonel Dr. Rajagopal and his wife on 29 December 1971, ...

, Indian actress *

Heera Saraniya Naba Kumar Saraniya alias Heera Saraniya, also spelled as Heera Sarania and Hira Sarania, alias Naba Deka (born 1 May 1969) is an Indian politician who was serving as the Member of parliament, Lok Sabha representing the Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha con ...

, Indian politician *

Heera Singh Sandhu Sardar Heera Singh Sandhu (1706–1776) was the founder of Nakai Misl, one of the twelve Sikh Misls that later became the Sikh Empire under the leadership of Ranjit Singh. Heera Singh was born in a Sandhu Jat Sikh family in prese ...

, 18th-century Sikh leader

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