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This is a variation on what I think is a Russian name- Aleera.

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I did not like the way the traditional name is spelled but I loved the way that it sounded (you could also spell it Alyra, but we chose Ilyra because our daughter's name started with an A). My husband and I argued for months on how to spell it and settled on this version.

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Interestingly enough, I looked it up and it is (at least potentially) Greek. I think that if you take the I and Lyra part, in Greek you get the meaning "like a harp" which is nice, so that is what I am sticking with.

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The traditional name Aleera was used in "Van Helsing" with Hugh Jackman and is Dracula's youngest wife. This spelling is actually a spaceship somewhere in the Star Trek saga, towards the beginning, I think.