Sahirah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Sahirah by the numbers
Sahirah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Sahirah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sahirah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samirahentertaining companion in conversation60 in the US (2017)
- Sahirawakeful; vigilant3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sabirahpatient, enduring6 in the US (2017)
- Safirahpure or clear or shining4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sairahtraveling or walking; form of Sarah4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sahirah
Names that are said the same way as Sahirah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
- Sarahiprincess; a form of Sarah248 in the US (2017)
- Saharadesert; from the Sahara region123 in the US (2017)
- Sarayahprincess of god; a form of Sarah8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarahyprincess; a spelling variant of Sarah19 in the US (2017)
- Saraeprincess; variant spelling of sarah15 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sahirah
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