Given name & surname
Zehra
“flower”
Zehra is a feminine given name from Arabic, meaning “flower.” It is used in Turkish and Serbo-Croatian.
Original Arabicزهرة
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Zehra developed from زهرة.
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
Zehra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 729
- 0 boys · 729 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,403 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,403 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,449 as a first name in 2020; 397 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.
Zehra’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Zehra developed from the Arabic form زهرة. In Kurdish usage, Zehra has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sarah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zehra
- Zehra GüneşTurkish volleyball player (born 1999)
- Zehra DoğanTurkish journalist of Kurdish ancestry (born 1989)
- Zehra ÇırakTurkish writer (born 1960)
- Zehra SayersTurkish scientist (born 1953)
- Zehra TopelTurkish chess player (born 1987)
- Zehra SayTurkish painter (1906–1990)
- Zehra NigahUrdu poet and scriptwriter from Pakistanborn 1936
- Zehra ÖktemTurkish archer (born 1959)
- Zehra Ali Yavar JungIndian social worker1920–2010
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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