Entry № 4701 · Bulgarian origin

Iskra Iskra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EES-krah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Bulgarian
Meaning
"Spark"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Slavic)

A name that means "spark".

Iskra (Искра) is the Bulgarian and Slavic word for "spark." The word was famously used by Lenin as the name of his revolutionary newspaper in 1900-1903.

Iskra is widely used in Bulgaria and the broader Slavic world.

Spark. The Slavic word, sharp and bright.

The name in its native script.

Искра
Transliteration
Iskra
Pronunciation
/ ˈiːs.krə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Iskra stands.

Iskra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Iskras before her.

Real people
Iskra Lawrence
British model.
born 1990
In fiction
Iskra
Common in Slavic fiction.

Names connected to Iskra.

The number behind Iskra.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Iskra reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.