Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Tahira Name Meaning in Islam
Pure (feminine of Tahir).
- Meaning
- Pure (feminine of Tahir)
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ط-ه-ر
- Urdu
- طاہرہ
- Pronunciation
- ta-HI-ra
- Lucky number
- 4
Is Tahira an Islamic name? Yes. Tahira is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Pure (feminine of Tahir). Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ط-ه-ر, feminine of Ṭāhir. Ṭāhira is the pure woman. Sayyida Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (RA) was called al-Ṭāhira.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ta firmness, Alif origin, Ha presence, Ra mercy, Ta completion.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
The letters in Tahira cluster around fire, the element of will, warmth, and forward motion. This is a name that leans toward decisiveness and radiance, with the courage to begin what others hesitate to. Threaded through it is Al-Lateef, the Subtle, carried by a person as a subtle, sun-warm attention. A person named Tahira is likely to warm the rooms they enter and to lead by lit example.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Pure, clean, unblemished, the feminine form of Tahir, from the Quranic root ط-ه-ر (tahara, to be pure, to purify). The word appears throughout the Quran in connection with both ritual and inner purity: 'Indeed Allah loves those who purify themselves (al-mutatahhirin)' (2:222). Tahira is the woman of clean heart, clean body, clean speech.
Al-Tahira (the Pure One) is the most famous title of Fatimah bint Muhammad ﷺ, also known as al-Zahra (the Radiant) and al-Batul (the Devoted). It is also a known title of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA), the Prophet's first wife, before Islam she was called Tahira al-Jahiliyya, 'the Pure One of the Pre-Islamic age'. The Prophet's first daughter Zaynab bore the name as well. Tahira passes that quality forward, the woman whose purity is itself her honour.
Top Pakistani and Arab girls name, used widely across South Asia, the Gulf, and the Levant. Variant spellings include Tahirah, Taahira, and Tahera.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Tahira
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Names sharing the ط Ta influence
Like Tahira, these names carry Ta (ط) as their leading letter influence.
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Variants of this name
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Tahira
What does the name Tahira mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read in Tahira? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Tahira? →
Is Tahira mentioned in the Quran?
The Quran shapes more Islamic names than any other source. See where Tahira sits among them. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Tahira mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Tahira carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Tahira a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Tahira in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Tahira is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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