Hawra

A Quranic Name for Girls

Hawra is variant of Hawraa and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Hawra or Hawraa, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Hawraa.

Full Meaning of Hawra

Hawra is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means “white”, “fair”, and when used to describe the eyes it means eyes whose black part is intense black and whose white part is intense and pure white. It is derived from the H6-W-R root which is used in many places in the Quran to describe the companions of Paradise.

reclining on couches ranged in rows!” And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye. (Quran 52:20)