Sahar

Where Sahar comes from

Of Arabic or Persian origin. In Persian, سحر (sahar, “dawn”). (In Hebrew, סַהַר (sáhar, “crescent”).)
— Wiktionary's entry for Sahar
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #8,324 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Peak, #1,780
    83 babies named Sahar — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,029.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic, used in Arabic countries, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Namesakes

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