Negar is a girl's name of Persian origin meaning “sweetheart, soulmate, idol or beloved.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 girls in 2009.
Negar at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Persian
Meaning
“sweetheart, soulmate, idol or beloved”
Pronunciation
/nəˈɡɑː/
About the name Negar
Negar belongs to the Persian tradition. Its meaning — “sweetheart, soulmate, idol or beloved” — is the sense carried by its Persian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Negar first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8068 in 1985, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 53 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.