Zahra (name)
The female given name, spelled Zahra in English (Latin) script, is a common name corresponding to three different—though related—meanings depending on the languages of the countries where the name is popular.
- Arabic: زهراء Zahraʾ, meaning beautiful, bright, shining and brilliant. Of note, the main reason for its fame can be related to the fame of Fatimah-Zahra as Prophet Muhammad's daughter.[1]
- Egyptian Arabic: زهرة Zahrah, meaning flower, blossom, or beauty. It may be related to the matriarch of the Abrahamic faiths, Sarah.[2][3]
- Persian: زهرا Zahra, is a further spelling variant, meaning sparklingly bright and beautiful.
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | beautiful/flower |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Zahrah, Sahra, Zarya |
The Ottoman empire expanded the use of this name to countries like Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia and the name was also popularized by the Persian empire's influence in the Indian subcontinent, respectively. Zahra is also used as a surname, particularly in Malta.
The names are difficult to distinguish in transliteration, and may be transliterated in various ways, such as Zehra, Zahra(h), Zara, and Zohre also the Zerah occurring in the Hebrew bible.
The names may apply to the following:
Female given name
Sahra
- Sahra Hausmann (born 1973), Norwegian team handball player
- Sahra Wagenknecht (born 1969), German politician (with Iranian father)
Zahra
- Zahra Abdulla (born 1966), Somali-Finnish politician
- Zahra Aga Khan (born 1970), Swiss-born princess
- Zahra Ahmadi (born 1981), British actress
- Zahra Airall, women's rights activist
- Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (born 1981), Iranian television actress
- Zahra Bahrami (c. 1965–2011), Dutch/Iranian executed for drug trafficking
- Zahra Bani (born 1979), Somali-Italian javelin thrower
- Zahra Bani Yaghoub (1980–2007), an Iranian doctor who died in prison
- Zohra Bensalem (born 1990), Algerian volleyball player
- Zahra Dowlatabadi (born 1962), Iranian filmmaker
- Zahra Eshraghi (born c. 1964), Iranian feminist and human rights activist
- Zahra Freeth (born c. 1930), a British writer on Middle Eastern subjects
- Zahra Jishi, Lebanese-American translator of Arabic literature
- Zahra Kamalfar, Iranian refugee to Canada
- Zahra Kazemi (1949–2003), Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer
- Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883–1936), a Persian princess
- Zahra' Langhi, Libyan gender specialist, civil society strategist and political activist
- Zahra Lari, Emirati figure skater
- Zahra Mansouri, Moroccan poet
- Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini (born c. 1940), Iranian politician, daughter of Ayatollah Khomeini
- Zahra Rahmat Allah (born 1954), Yemeni short story writer
- Zahra Rahnavard (born 1945), Iranian artist and politician
- Zahra Ouaziz (born 1969), Moroccan long-distance runner
- Zahra Redwood, Jamaican beauty queen
- Zahra Schreiber, a wrestler in NXT who was fired after posting Nazi images
- Zahra Shojaei, Iranian politician
- Zahra Universe, American musician and actress
Zehra
- Belkıs Zehra Kaya (born 1984), Turkish judoka
- Zehra Bilir (1913–2007), Turkish folk singer
- Zehra Borazancı (born 1989), Turkish Cypriot women's footballer
- Zehra Çırak (born 1960), Turkish-German writer
- Zehra Deović (1938–2015), Bosnian sevdalinka singer
- Zehra Fazal (born 1986), South Asian-American voice actresses
- Zehra Güneş (born 1999), Turkish volleyball player
- Zehra Nigah, Pakistani Urdu poet
- Zehra Öktem (born 1959), Turkish archer
- Zehra Say (1906–?), Turkish painter
- Zehra Sayers (born 1953), Turkish scientist in structural biology
- Zehra Topel (born 1987), Turkish international chess master
- Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk (born 1979), a Turkish government minister
Zohra
- Zohra Ayachi (born 1988), French footballer
- Zohra Begum Kazi (1912–2007), Bangladeshi physician
- Zohra Daoud (born 1954), Afghan actress and model
- Zohra Drif (born 1934), lawyer and member of the Algerian senate
- Zohra Lampert (born 1937), American character actress
- Zohra Sehgal (1912–2014), Indian actress
- Zohra Sarwari, Afghan-American author
Zohre
- Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985), Afghan model, designer and author
Zuhra
- Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji (active 1920s), Turkish-Libyan educator
Part of the female given name Fatimah Zahra
Arabic calligraphy reading Fatimah az-Zahra.
Fatimah was the daughter of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and is greatly revered by Muslims, often under the extended name Fatimah az-Zahra' , الزهراء فاطمة, or Fatimah Zahra' , فاطمة زهراء. This has then been used as a female given name as follows.
- Fatima Al Zahraa Haider (born ca. 1910), an Egyptian princess
- Lalla Fatima Zohra (born 1929), Moroccan princess
- Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known as Assia Djebar (born 1936), Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker
- Fatima Zohra Karadja (born 1949), Algerian, Vice-President for the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council for Northern Africa
- Fatma-Zohra Oukazi (born 1984), Algerian volleyball player
- Fatima Zohra Cherif (born 1986), Algerian volleyball player
- Fatima Zahra Djouad (born 1988), Algerian volleyball player
Male given name
- Zuhrah ibn Kilab, great-great-granduncle of Muhammad.
Surname
- Adrian Zahra (born 1990), Australian footballer (of Maltese descent)
- Antoine Zahra (disambiguation), several people
- Brian K. Zahra (born ca. 1960), American judge
- Christian Zahra (born 1973), Maltese-Australian politician
- Francesco Zahra (1710–1773), Maltese painter
- Hindi Zahra (born 1979), Moroccan pop singer
- Julie Zahra (born 1982), Maltese singer
- Muhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974), Egyptian scholar of Islamic law and author
- Scott Zahra, Australian rugby league player
- Trevor Żahra (born 1947), Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
See also
- Abdul Zahra, Arabic male name
- Sarah (given name), female given name
- Zara (given name), female given name
- Zerah, male given name occurring in the Hebrew Bible
- Zuhra (الزُهرة), the Arabic word for Venus
References
- What is the secret of Fatimah al-Zahra's names? www.farsnews.com
- Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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