Given name
Nadirah
“one who is precious; rare”
Nadirah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is precious; rare.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is precious; rare.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadirah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 867
- 0 boys · 867 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 725 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nadirah’s family of names
Nadirah has a related form in Nadira. Nadirah has a related form in Nadra. Nadirah has a related form in Nadeera.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nadirah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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