Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Guanche, Spanish (Canarian) Pronounced Pron. /ˈnai̯.ɾa/(Canarian Spanish) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsNayra Meaning & History Derived from Guanche *nār(a) meaning "front, guide". It was recorded around 1484 as the name of a Guanche male warrior from Telde, Gran Canaria. It was revived in the Canary Islands in the 1970s as a feminine name.