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Updated May 24, 2023

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Arabic : Shining, luminous
  • Arabic, Swahili : White; flowers

Girl name variations

Zahara

Zahara

- 1% this year
Feminine
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Zahar

Zahar

- 9% this year
Feminine
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Zara

Zara

+ 1% this year
Feminine
Common
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Zarah

Zarah

+ 17% this year
Feminine
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How Popular Is The Name Zahra

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from the Arabic female personal name Zahrā’, feminine of Azhar ‘bright’, ‘brilliant’, ‘radiant’. Zahrā’ is an epithet of Fatima, daughter of Muhammad.

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