Zehra (variants: Zahra, Zahrah, Zarah, Zara, Zaara, Zohra, Zohrah, Zora, Zorrah) is an female given name, that might have a Swahili[1], Arabic, Hebrew, Greek[2], Slavic[3] or English origin (where it may be another form of Sara or Sarah)[4]. It means all of the following:
- a flower or a blooming flowrer[5], or to blossom [6]
- radiance[7], brilliant, bright, [8] or fair[9]
- dawn[10] or bright as the dawn [11]
- princess [12]
The variant Zara is also a male first name that occurs in instances within the Bible, including one that may refer to an Egyptian Pharaoh: Osorkon I or Osorkon II; The first part of a male Ethiopian first name, as in Zara Yaqob.
Other Famous People Having the name Zehra (or its variants)
- Fatimah Zahra, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad {صلاواة الله عليه و آله}
- Zahra Kazemi, Iranian (Persian)-born freelance photographer
- Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne
- Zara Cully, American character actress
- Zara Whites Dutch porn actress
- Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist and author