Given name
Sahirah
“one who is pristine; clean”
Sahirah is used as a given name. One Egyptian interpretation is “one who is pristine; clean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Egyptian interpretation is “one who is pristine; clean.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sahirah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 0 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 12 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 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.
Sahirah’s family of names
Sahirah has a related form in Sahira. Sahirah has a related form in Saheara. Sahirah has a related form in Saheera.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sahiravariant
- Sahyravariant
- Sahearavariant
- Sahyrravariant
- Saheerravariant
- Sahırravariant
- Saneravariant
- Saheiravariant
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