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Zahra - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zahra

[ syll. za-hra, zah-ra ] The girl name Zahra is pronounced Z-erah KEY. Zahra's language of origin is African-Swahili and Arabic. It is predominantly used in Arabic, Swahili, and Urdu. From African-Swahili and Arabic roots, its meaning is 'flower'. A variant of Zahra is Zehra (Arabic).

In addition, Zahra is an Arabic variant of Zara (English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slavic, and Arabic).

Zahra is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Zahra, Zara (English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slavic, and Arabic) was the most widely used.

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

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Zahra: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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