Given name & surname
Sahar
“of the dawn; awakening”
Sahar is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “of the dawn; awakening.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “of the dawn; awakening.”
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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sahar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,482
- 29 boys · 2,453 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 83 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,565 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,565 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 83 in 1996. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,431 as a first name in 2020; 338 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.
Sahar’s family of names
Sahar has a related form in Saher. Sahar has a related form in Sahare. Sahar has a related form in Saharr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sahar has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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 Sahar
- Sahar KhalifehPalestinian writerborn 1941
- Death of Sahar KhodayariIranian football fan1990–2019
- Sahar BiniazPersian-Canadian actress and modelborn 1986
- Sahar DelijaniIranian-American writerborn 1983
- Sahar DolatshahiIranian actressborn 1979
- SaharIranian musician, singer and dancerborn 1985
- Sahar NasrEgyptian politician - Minister of Investment and International Cooperation (as of Dec 2019)born 1964
- Sahar GhoreishiIranian actressborn 1987
- Sahar ZakariaIranian actressborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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