Zahra

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Meen
• Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Flower, shining, bright”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
• Zara — Meanings families give: Princess, blooming flower; Princess, blooming flower, radiance; Princess, flower; popular in diaspora; Flower, princess; Princess, flower, radiance; Flower, shining, princess
• Naira — Meanings families give: Shining, brilliant; Glittering, beautiful eyes; Bright eyes, lustrous
• Viraj — Meanings families give: Splendour, resplendent; Resplendent, shining with great beauty and light; Splendour, to shine; Splendour, to shine, king
• Elara — Bright, shining light
• Kashvi — Meanings families give: Shining, brilliant, glowing; Shining, glowing

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

Other names under Meen rashi

• Pratham — n. foremost, first (in time or in a series or in rank)
• Piya — Beloved, dear one, sweetheart
• Prithvi — Meanings families give: Earth, world, the ground; Earth, wide, expansive
• Pavan — vital air
• Revathi — Meanings families give: Star Revati, prosperous; Prosperity, wealthy, last nakshatra; Prosperous, the last star, Apsara; A star, prosperity, wealth
• Priyal — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear one; Beloved, dear; Beloved, pleasing, dear one

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Meen names.

Where this comes from

Zahra has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.