Lyra \l(y)-ra\ as a girl's name is a variant of Lyris (Greek), and the meaning of Lyra is "lyre".

The baby name Lyra sounds like Lira, Lara, Lora, Lura and Lyria. Other similar baby names are Lyda, Lyna, Myra, Kyra, Cyra, Lyza, Lysa, Lyla and Tyra.