Zahra is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “flower.” In 2024 it was given to 556 girls in the United States.
Zahra at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“flower”
About the name Zahra
Zahra belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “flower” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Zahra first appears in Social Security records in 1973. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #543 in 2024, and in 2024 556 babies received the name — 8,831 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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