Are you getting that from Wikipedia? That's where I was put under the impression that it was female, but I checked various other sources which say that it is a male name:Merlyn_LeRoy wrote:No, you're still right. "Akira" is also the feminine form of Acair, but unrelated to the Japanese Akira, which is male or female.
Here are three.
I guess this is an example of the 'dodginess' of Wikipedia. Or did you use another source?
EDIT: Okay, i'm confused. You're right. Akira is a scottish girls name. Acair is a boys name. But Akira is the anglicised form of Acair?
I give up. It's irrelevant to this discussion anyway. Sorry, folks.