Zahra

Where Zahra comes from

Borrowed from Arabic زَهْراء (zahrāʔ), an epithet of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As a surname, it is predominantly found in Egypt.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zahra
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1945
    Zahra Rahnavard born
    Iranian academic and politician
  2. 1973
    First appearance
    #6,080 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1985
    Zahra Nemati born
    Iranian Paralympic and Olympic archer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #538
    562 babies named Zahra — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Zahra Nemati · Iranian Paralympic and Olympic archer, born 1985
  • Zahra Rahnavard · Iranian academic and politician, born 1945
  • Zahra Eshraghi · Iranian activist, born 1964
  • Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh · Persian princess and memoirist of the Qajar Dynasty., 1883–1936
  • Zahra Kazemi · Iranian photographer, 1948–2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.