Tahira

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure or chaste.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies

Tahira by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Tahira. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tahira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tamiratall; palm tree; a form of Tamar21 in the US (2017)
  • Tahirahpure, chaste16 in the US (2017)
  • Tahiry43 in the US (2017)
  • Tahiri13 in the US (2017)
  • Takira11 in the US (2017)
  • Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Tahira

Names that are said the same way as Tahira, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean purity

Like Tahira, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tahira

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