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Zahira - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zahira

[ syll. za-hi-ra, zah-ira ] The girl name Zahira is pronounced ZahHHIHRah KEY. Zahira is of Arabic origin. It is used mainly in Arabic and Spanish. Derived from the word zahir with the meaning 'apparent, manifest, bright'. Zahira is the feminine equivalent of the Arabic, Swahili, and Turkish Zahir. A form of the name is the Spanish Zaharita.

In addition, Zahira is a Spanish form of the English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slavic, and Arabic Zara.

Zahira is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Within the family of girl names directly related to Zahira, the English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slavic, and Arabic Zara was the most commonly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Zahira include the English Zaria, the English Zariah, the Arabic Zarria, the Arabic Zehra, the English Zeruiah, the name Zohra, the English Zoraya, the Arabic Zshakira, the Arabic, Swahili, and Urdu Zahra, the Arabic Zahrah, the Arabic, English, Italian, and Spanish Zaira, the English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slavic, and Arabic Zara, the English, German, and Arabic Zarah, the Arabic Zary, the name Zera, the Slavic, Czech, English, and Hebrew Zora, the English and Hebrew Zorah, the English Zori, the English Zorie, and the English Zory.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Zahira: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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