Zahra (

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: زهراء) is a female given name of Arabic origin. It means ‘beautiful, bright, shining and brilliant’. The name became popularized as a result of being the name of

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’s daughter,

Fatimah al-Zahra Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, th ...

.What is the secret of Fatimah al-Zahra's names?
www.farsnews.com The Ottoman empire expanded the use of this name to countries like

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and Bosnia and the name was also popularized by the Persian empire's influence in the

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, respectively. ''Zahra'' is also used as a surname, particularly in

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. The names are difficult to distinguish transliteration, and may be transliterated in various ways, such as ''Zehra'', ''Zahra(h)'', ''Zara'', and ''Zohrah.''

Female given name

Sahra

* Sahra Hausmann (born 1973), Norwegian team handball player * Sahra Wagenknecht (born 1969), German politician (with Iranian father)

Zahra

* Zahra Abdulla (born 1966), Somali-Finnish politician *''Zahra Abrahimzadeh'', mother of

Arman Abrahimzadeh Arman Abrahimzadeh is an Iranian-Australian anti- domestic violence campaigner based in Adelaide, South Australia, co-founder of Zahra Foundation Australia . Biography Abrahimzadeh and his family migrated to Australia from Iran in 1997. His ...

, murdered by her husband ** Zahra Foundation, named after her *

Zahra Ahmadi Zahra Ahmadi ( fa, زهرا احمدی; born 1983) is a British actress from Plymouth England of Persian descent. She is best known for playing the original Shabnam Masood in EastEnders. Career She is known for her role as Shabnam Masood in the ...

(born 1983), British actress * Zahra Airall,

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

activist *''Khalub Zahra'', was the mother of the 10th-century

caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

of Baghdad

al-Muttaqi Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir ( ar, أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن جعفر المقتدر) better known by his regnal title Al-Muttaqi (908 – July 968, ar, المتقي) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 940 to 944. Hi ...

(r. 940–944). *

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi Zahra Amir Ebrahimi ( fa, زهرا اميرابراهيمی; born July 9, 1981) known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (), is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahim ...

(born 1981), Iranian television actress * Zahra Bahrami (c. 1965–2011), Dutch/Iranian executed for drug trafficking * Zahra Bani (born 1979), Somali-Italian javelin thrower *

Zahra Bani Yaghoub Zahra Bani Yaghoub ( fa, زهرا بنی‌یعقوب, also mentioned in the media as Zahra Bani Ameri; 16 October 1980 – 13 October 2007) was an Iranian medical doctor. She died in a prison in Hamedan after she was arrested by the Guidance P ...

(1980–2007), an Iranian doctor who died in prison *

Zohra Bensalem Zohra Bensalem (born April 5, 1990, in Béjaïa Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية‎, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the ...

(born 1990), Algerian volleyball player * Zahra Dowlatabadi (born 1962), Iranian filmmaker *

Zahra Eshraghi Zahra Eshraghi Khomeini ( fa, زهرا اشراقی, translit=''Zahrâ Eshrâqi'') (born 1964) is an Iranian activist and former government official who believes in feminism and human rights. Early life and education Eshraghi was born in 1964. Sh ...

(born c. 1964), Iranian feminist and human rights activist * Zahra Freeth (born c. 1930), a British writer on Middle Eastern subjects * Zahra Jishi, Lebanese-American translator of Arabic literature *

Zahra Kamalfar Zahra Kamalfar is an Iranian refugee living in Canada. She was originally from the Muslim Dervish sect and her husband was executed in Iranian custody. After her husband's death, she fled the country with her son Davood and daughter Anna. From T ...

, Iranian refugee to Canada *

Zahra Kazemi Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi ( fa, زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی; 1948 – 11 July 2003) was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist. She gained notoriety for her arrest in Iran and the circumstances in which she was held by I ...

(1949–2003), Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer * Zahra Aga Khan (born 1970), Swiss-born princess * Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883–1936), a Persian princess * Zahra' Langhi, Libyan gender specialist, civil society strategist and political activist * Zahra Lari, Emirati figure skater * Zahra Mansouri, Moroccan poet * Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini (born c. 1940), Iranian politician, daughter of Ayatollah Khomeini * Zahra Rahmat Allah (born 1954), Yemeni short story writer * Zahra Rahnavard (born 1945), Iranian artist and politician *

Zahra Ouaziz Zahra Ouaziz ( ar, زهرة واعزيز) (born December 20, 1969 in Oulmes) is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner. She was the African record holder at 3000 metres and 5000 metres. Career Ouaziz broke the 5000 metres African Record i ...

(born 1969), Moroccan long-distance runner * Zahra Redwood, Jamaican beauty queen * Zahra Schreiber, a wrestler in

NXT NXT may refer to: Professional wrestling * ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010 ** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory * ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...

who was fired after posting Nazi images * Zahra Shojaei, Iranian politician * Zahra Universe, American musician and actress

Zehra

Given name

* Zehra Bilir (1913–2007), Turkish folk singer * Zehra Borazancı (born 1989), Turkish Cypriot women's footballer *

Zehra Çırak Zehra Çırak (Istanbul, 1960) is a Turkish-German writer. She moved to Germany with her family when she was three years old and she has lived in Berlin since 1982. She started publishing in the magazine ''Flugfänger''. Works *''Flugfänger' ...

(born 1960), Turkish-German writer *

Zehra Deović Zehra Deović (9 December 1938 – 30 October 2015) was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Silvana Armenulić, Nada Mamula and Beba Selimović. Deović s ...

(1938–2015), Bosnian sevdalinka singer *

Zehra Fazal Zehra Fazal is an American voice actress, known for voicing Nadia Rizavi in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' and Halo and Bluebird in '' Young Justice: Outsiders''. Greg Weisman, the co-creator of ''Young Justice: Outsiders'' said "I wrote the rol ...

(born 1986), South Asian-American voice actresses * Zehra Güneş (born 1999), Turkish volleyball player * Zehra Khan (born 1983), American artist *

Zehra Nigah Zehra Nigah ( ur, ) is an Urdu poet and scriptwriter from Pakistan. She was one of two female poets to gain prominence in the 1950s when the scene was dominated by men. She has written several television drama serials. She has also received vario ...

, Pakistani Urdu poet * Zehra Öktem (born 1959), Turkish archer *

Zehra Say Zehra Say (1906 – 1990) was a Turkish painter and first Turkish woman to be officially married under the 1926 Civil Marriage law. She is known as one of the pioneering women of Atatürk's Turkey for her modern look on women's equality. As an ...

(1906–1990), Turkish painter * Zehra Sayers (born 1953), Turkish scientist in structural biology * Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk (born 1979), Turkish politician * Zehra Topel (born 1987), Turkish international chess master

Middle name

* Belkıs Zehra Kaya (born 1984), Turkish judoka

Zohra

Zohra Begum Kazi Zohra Begum Kazi (15 October 19127 November 2007) was the first Bengali Muslim female physician. She was awarded Tamgha-e-Pakistan (1964), Begum Rokeya Padak (2002) and Ekushey Padak (2008). Early life and family Kazi was born in Rajnandgaon, C ...

(1912–2007), Bangladeshi physician *

Zohra Daoud Zohra Yousuf Daoud ( prs, زهره يوسف داود); (born 1954 in Kabul) is an American TV celebrity, radio show host and journalist of Afghan descent. In December 1972 Daoud became the only woman to this date ever to be crowned ''Miss Afghanis ...

(born 1954), Afghan actress and model *

Zohra Drif Zohra Drif Bitat ( ar, زهرة ظريف بيطاط, Zuhra Ḍrīf Bīṭāṭ, born 28 December 1934) is a retired Algerian lawyer, moudjahid (a militant of the Algerian War of Independence), and the vice-president of the Council of the Nation ...

(born 1934), lawyer and member of the Algerian senate * Zohra Lampert (born 1937), American character actress *

Zohra Sehgal Zohra Mumtaz Sehgal (born Sahibzadi Zohra Mumtazullah Khan Begum; 27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a contemporary dance troupe, she transitioned into actin ...

(1912–2014), Indian actress *

Zohra Sarwari Zohra Sarwari is a Muslim author, life and business coach, entrepreneur, and international speaker living in Sacramento, CA, United States. She is the author of more than 14 books and many E-books. Early life Sarwari was born in Afghanistan and ...

, Afghan-American author

Zohre

* Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985), Afghan model, designer and author

Zuhra

* Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji (active 1920s), Turkish-Libyan educator

Part of the female given name ''Fatimah Zahra''

Fatimah Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, ...

was the daughter of the Islamic prophet,

, and is greatly revered by Muslims, often under the extended name ''Fatimah az-Zahra' '', , or ''Fatimah Zahra' '', . This has then been used as a female given name as follows. * Fatima Al Zahraa Haider (born ca. 1910), an Egyptian princess * Lalla Fatima Zohra (born 1929), Moroccan princess *Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known as

Assia Djebar Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar ( ar, آسيا جبار), was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted fo ...

(born 1936), Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker *

Fatima Zohra Karadja Fatima Zohra Karadja (born 1949) is a Vice-President for the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council for Northern Africa. Ms Karadja was born on April 20, 1949, in Algiers, Algeria. She is a child therapist, holding a PhD in psycho ...

(born 1949), Algerian, Vice-President for the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council for Northern Africa *

Fatma-Zohra Oukazi Fatima-Zohra Oukazi (born January 18, 1984, in Chlef) is an Algerian international volleyball player and Algeria women's national volleyball team captain (2010-2012), playing as setter. At club level she made her debut for GS Chlef, based in her ...

(born 1984), Algerian volleyball player *

Fatima Zohra Cherif Fatima Zohra Cherif (born November 8, 1986) is an Algerian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court unde ...

(born 1986), Algerian volleyball player * Fatima Zahra Djouad (born 1988), Algerian volleyball player

Male given name

Zuhrah ibn Kilab Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ( ar, زهرة بن كلاب بن مُرة) was the great-grandfather of Aminah bint Wahb, and was thus the great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan o ...

, great-great-granduncle of Muhammad.

Surname

* Adrian Zahra (born 1990), Australian footballer (of Maltese descent) * Antoine Zahra (disambiguation), several people * Brian K. Zahra (born ca. 1960), American judge *

Christian Zahra Christian John Zahra (born 8 April 1973) was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to October 2004, representing the regional seat of McMillan, Victoria. At the 2001 Federal Election, he ...

(born 1973), Maltese-Australian politician *

Francesco Zahra Francesco Vincenzo Zahra ( mt, Franġisk Żahra, 15 December 1710 – 19 August 1773) was a Maltese painter who mainly painted religious works in the Neapolitan Baroque style. His works may be found in many churches around the Maltese Islands, as ...

(1710–1773), Maltese painter *

Hindi Zahra Hindi Zahra ( Tamazight: ⵀⵉⵏⴷⵉ ⵣⴰⵀⵕⴰ, Arabic: هندي زهرة, born 20 January 1979 in Khouribga, Morocco) is a Moroccan singer. When coming up with a stage name, she simply inverted her birth name. Her songs are mostly in ...

(born 1979), Moroccan pop singer *

Julie Zahra Julie Ann Zahra (born 1982 in Malta) is a Maltese politician and singer who represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2004. As part of the duo "Julie & Ludwig", their song ''On Again... Off Again'' qua ...

(born 1982), Maltese singer *

Muhammad Abu Zahra Muhammad Abu Zahra (Arabic: محمد أبو زهرة), (1898–1974) was an Egyptian public intellectual and an influential Hanafi jurist. He occupied a number of positions; he was a lecturer of Islamic law at Al-Azhar University and a professor ...

(1898–1974), Egyptian scholar of Islamic law and author * Scott Zahra, Australian rugby league player * Trevor Żahra (born 1947), Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator

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