I named my son SAHIR. Many people tell me that it means a magician!. It also sounds like the name of a jahannam. Sayer. What do you think?

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on Thursday 3rd of July 2014 04:20:54 AM

Sahir can be two different names. One of them is a good name that means “one who stays up at night”, “one who takes care of a sick person throughout the night”. You can read about this name here: //quranicnames.com/sahir/

Sahir can also refer to the word “magician”. But this word is completely different from the name Sahir. In English they seem the same, but in Arabic they are written differently and have no relationship with each other, as they are derived from different roots.

For this reason you can use the name Sahir, and if people say it means “magician”, you can tell them they are thinking of a different word. The name Sahir comes from the same root as Suhair and Suhaira, which are good names used by Muslims.
on Monday 24th of June 2019 01:53:49 PM

My name is sahir and I was told by Muslim scholars that its mean magician and you should change your name
on Monday 6th of September 2021 07:55:51 PM

My name is sahira. My teacher used to bully me just because the meanimg of my name she said that it means magician

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