Zahra 1

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Female Female Name
Multiple variants of this name exist: For the Nordic name see Zahra 2

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Arabic name زهراء (Zahra) meaning 'brilliant, bright', a female form of Azhar [1]

Related Names

Zahra
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Arabic
Zahraa
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Arabic
Zehra
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Turkish

Further Information

Zahra is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 11 people were named Zahra 1 (percentage of first or only given name: 82 %) [2]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[3]
3309 3847 3309 3844 0 3
Denmark Denmark[4]
856
n.a.
856
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
656
n.a.
656 0 0
Iceland Iceland[6]
5 8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[7]
855
n.a.
855
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Zahra (f) Sources: [3][4][7][5]


References

  1. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. 4.0 4.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. 5.0 5.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. 7.0 7.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/