Sahar (name)
Sahar (Arabic: سحر, Hebrew: סהר) is a feminine given name of Arabic, Turkish and Persian origin (most commonly used in Afghanistan and Iran). The name is used by Arabic, Azeri, Turkish, Hebrew, Urdu and Persian speakers. "Seher" is the way it would be commonly spelled in Turkey and Azerbaijan. The origin of the name is an ancient Semitic word for the moon crescent. In Arabic, the name means "just before dawn", recalling a poetic word for the crescent moon.
People with the name include:
Given name
- Sahar Baassiri, Lebanese journalist
- Sahar Biniaz (born 1986), Canadian model
- Sahar Delijani (born 1983), Iranian author
- Sahar Dolatshahi (born 1979), Iranian actor
- Sahar El Hawari, Egyptian football referee
- Sahar Gul (born c. 1998), Afghan child bride
- Sahar Hashemi, British entrepreneuse
- Sahar Hussein al-Haideri (1962–2007), Iraqi journalist
- Sahar Khalifeh (born 1942), Palestinian writer
- Sahar Taha (born 1963), Iraqi musician
- Sahar Tawfiq (born 1951), Egyptian writer
- Sahar Valadbeigi (born 1978), Iranian actor
- Sahar Youssef (born 1968), Egyptian swimmer
- Sahar Zakaria (born 1973), Iranian actor
- Sahar Maher Abd al-Rashid, wife of Qusay Hussein
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