Zahraa

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning the shining one; a form of Zahra.

Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies

Zahraa by the numbers

In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Zahraa. In the US, 54 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 62 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Zahra

Like Zahraa, each of these traces back to Zahra: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Zariahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara712 in the US (2017)
  • Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)
  • Zariyablooming flower; a form of Zahra78 in the US (2017)
  • Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
  • Zohrablooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zohra15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zayrahblooming flower; a form of Zahra4 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Zahraflower; blooming418 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zahrahflower, blooming14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zahria4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zariablooming flower or princess; a respelling of Zara353 in the US (2017)
  • Zaharablooming flower160 in the US (2017)
  • Zairaflower, blooming; feminine form of Zair49 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Zahraa

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

  • Zarablooming flower or princess625 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zarahblooming flower; a form of Sarah or Zara42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaarablooming flower; a form of Zara34 in the US (2017)
  • Xaraprincess; a variant of Sarah29 in the US (2017)
  • Zairahblooming flower; a form of Zaira15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaraiblooming flower; a form of Sarah11 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean light

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

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
  • Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
  • Claireclear, bright4,683 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyborn of light4,564 in the US (2017)
  • Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)

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