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[Opinions] I like Ira. I believe I asterisked the name.
I was just surprised that someone used it. The last person I know of that had it was Ira Gershwin!
And yeah, I miss her too.

This message was edited 12/31/2009, 10:01 AM

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I went to school with an Ira.I can't remember if I said this already, but I went to school with a kid named Ira, and he carried it well. Laid-back, blase kind of guy...not a whole lot seemed to impress him, but I mean that in a good way.Also, I recently overheard an expectant mother saying Ira was her #1 pick for her unborn daughter. I think that kind of sucks, because we need more boys' names ending with the -ah sound, IMHO. The girls have already taken too many.
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My friend wants to name his daughter Ezra.His name is Tyler...I think he prefers his middle name, James, probably because it's older. When I said Ezra was a boys' name, he replied that it's been used for girls.
His siblings are Zachary, and I think Benjamin and Caitlin.
I think it was Sabrina Fair who also liked Ezra for a girl.

This message was edited 12/31/2009, 5:17 PM

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Ira is also a female name, short from Irina, Irena. It's common in Croatia and Russia, but pronounced 'EE-rah'.
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I misread your comment "Ira? Really?" as one of sarcastic disgust.Ira Gershwin is awesome!
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