Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Zuhra Name Meaning in Islam
Flower, Venus, top Arab girls name.
- Meaning
- Flower, Venus, top Arab girls name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- زہرہ
- Pronunciation
- ZUH-ra
- Lucky number
- 1
Is Zuhra an Islamic name? Yes. Zuhra is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Flower, Venus, top Arab girls name. 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
ز-ه-ر, from z-h-r, to bloom, to shine. Al-Zuhra is the planet Venus, the morning/evening star. Banū Zuhra was the clan of Sayyida Āminah, mother of the Prophet ﷺ.
The same root carries the family name of Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar), the master clinician of al-Andalus.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Zay adornment, Ha presence, Ra mercy, Ta completion.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Zuhra's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Zahir, the Manifest, carried by a person as a clarity that shows itself without needing to shout. A person named Zuhra carries a full weather system inside a single quiet chest.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Flower, blossom; also Venus (the planet), from root z-h-r (zahara, to bloom, to shine). Zuhra is both the flower and the planet of beauty. Top Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, and Pakistani girls name. Zohra is the French/North African form. The girl named Zuhra carries both botanical and astronomical beauty.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Zuhra
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Names sharing the ز Zayn influence
Like Zuhra, these names carry Zayn (ز) as their leading letter influence.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Zuhra
What does the name Zuhra mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read in Zuhra? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Zuhra? →
Is Zuhra mentioned in the Quran?
The Quran shapes more Islamic names than any other source. See where Zuhra sits among them. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Zuhra mean in Urdu?
The Urdu tradition preserved the meaning of each Arabic letter, the same letters that build Zuhra. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Zuhra a good Islamic name?
See Zuhra broken down letter by letter above ↑ jump to the letters reading ↑
Is Zuhra a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Zuhra in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Zuhra, starting from Zayn, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
What names go perfectly with Zuhra as a sibling name?
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Is Zuhra a rare or common Muslim name?
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