Zehrah

A Quranic Name for Girls

Meaning: Flower

Zehrah is variant of Zahra and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Zehrah or Zahra, 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: Zahra.

Full Meaning of Zehrah

Zehrah means flower. It is mentioned only once in the Quran, within a popular Arabic idiom which literally means ‘flower of the world’. When Arabs say something is a flower of the world, it means it is one of the things that make life enjoyable and beautiful. For instance; health, wealth, and children can be described as flowers of the world. For this reason Zehrah can also be considered to mean ‘splendor’ and ‘bounty’, since that is the meaning for which it is used in the Quran:

And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring {20:131}

Unlike other names we have mentioned, Zehrah cannot be turned into a name for boys by removing the ‘ah’. Removing the ‘ah’ turns it into Zahr, which means ‘flowers’ (it is the plural for Zehrah). The word Zahr keeps its feminine meaning since it is the plural of a feminine name (even though the ‘ah’ is removed), and for this reason cannot be used for boys.