Where does the name Zahra come from?

Zahra is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Is Zahra a girl's or a boy's name?

Zahra is usually given to girls.

Swahili name

means "Flower, shining one"

Zahra is a Swahili name meaning "Flower, shining one". It came into Swahili from Arabic.

Zahra means flower or shining one, and al-Zahra is a beloved title of Fatimah, the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.

ZAH-rah

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

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What does the name Zahra mean?: Zahra is a Swahili name meaning "Flower, shining one". Zahra means flower or shining one, and al-Zahra is a beloved title of Fatimah, the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.
How do you pronounce Zahra?: Say it ZAH-rah. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Zahra come from?: Zahra is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Is Zahra a girl's or a boy's name?: Zahra is usually given to girls.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.