Sahar (name)
Sahar is either a feminine given name of Arabic origin, common throughout the Persian-speaking and Muslim worlds, or unisex given name of Hebrew origin, used mainly in Israel. Though the Arabic and Hebrew names are phonologically identical and both derive from Semitic languages, they are nonetheless etymologically unrelated. In Arabic, the name means "just before dawn", coming from a common Semitic root meaning "dawn". The origin of the Hebrew name is an ancient Akkadian word for the crescent moon.
The Arabic-origin name is mainly used by Persian, Arabic, Azeri, Turkish, Urdu, and Pashto speakers. "Seher" is the way it would be commonly spelled in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Notable people with the name include
Given name
- Sahar Baassiri, Lebanese journalist
- Sahar Biniaz, Canadian model
- Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
- Sahar Dolatshahi, Iranian actress
- Sahar El Hawari, Egyptian football referee
- Sahar Gul, Afghan child bride
- Sahar Hashemi, British entrepreneur
- Sahar Hussein al-Haideri, Iraqi journalist
- Sahar Khalifeh, Palestinian writer
- Sahar Khoury, American sculptor
- Sahar Nusseibeh, American basketball coach
- Sahar Taha, Iraqi musician
- Sahar Tawfiq, Egyptian writer
- Sahar Valadbeigi, Iranian actress
- Sahar Youssef, Egyptian swimmer
- Sahar Zakaria, Iranian actress
- Sahar Maher Abd al-Rashid, wife of Qusay Hussein
Surname
- Ben Sahar, Israeli football player
- Muhamad Hasik bin Sahar, Singaporean convicted killer and gang member of Salakau
- Hailie Sahar, American actress