Given name
Nadra
“one who is precious; rare”
Nadra is a variant of Nadirah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is precious; rare.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nadra is a variant of Nadirah. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is precious; rare.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nadra is a variant of Nadirah. An origin associated with Nadirah is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nadra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 317
- 0 boys · 317 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 13 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 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 569 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.
Nadra’s family of names
Nadra has a related form in Nadirah. Nadra has a related form in Nādir. Nadra has a related form in Nādira.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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