Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gohar isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gohar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 0 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,095 as a first name in 2020; 319 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gohar’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Gohar is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Գոհար. In Armenian usage, Gohar is a transliteration of Գոհար.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gohar
- Gohar GasparyanArmenian opera singer (1924-2007)
- Gohar EshghiActivist & Iranian mother of a victim1946–2022
- Goar VartanianSoviet intelligence officer1926–2019
- Gohar GasparyanArmenian television announcer and journalistborn 1985
- Gohar KheirandishIranian actressborn 1954
- Gohar Markosjan-KäsperArmenian writer lived in Estonia (1949-2015)
- Gohar MuradyanArmenian philologist, translatorborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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