Sahar
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic, used in Arabic countries, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of Arabic or Persian origin. In Persian, سحر (sahar, “dawn”). (In Hebrew, סַהַר (sáhar, “crescent”).)
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Sahar (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sahar has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 306 |
| 2000 | 317 |
| 2001 | 333 |
| 2002 | 357 |
| 2003 | 382 |
| 2004 | 393 |
| 2005 | 405 |
| 2006 | 454 |
| 2007 | 490 |
| 2008 | 536 |
| 2009 | 575 |
| 2010 | 606 |
| 2011 | 638 |
| 2012 | 678 |
| 2013 | 706 |
| 2014 | 751 |
| 2015 | 808 |
| 2016 | 899 |
| 2017 | 988 |
| 2018 | 1,052 |
| 2019 | 1,104 |
| 2020 | 1,134 |
Sahar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sahar.Hi! My name is Sahar.
- Sahar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sahar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Sahar i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sahar this afternoon.
- Sahars mamma är lärare.Sahar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sahars mamma is Sahar's mum.
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Questions about Sahar
How do you pronounce Sahar in Swedish?
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What does the name Sahar mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic, used in Arabic countries, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of Arabic or Persian origin. In Persian, سحر (sahar, “dawn”). (In Hebrew, סַהַר (sáhar, “crescent”).)
How popular is Sahar in Sweden?
5 babies were named Sahar in 2022. In 2020, 1,134 people in Sweden had Sahar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.