Khadra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KHAD-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Khadra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “green”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Khadra mean?
Arabic: Arabic khadra, feminine of akhdar 'green'
“green”
From Arabic khadra, the feminine of akhdar, meaning green; used by Somali and Arab families.
Is Khadra a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadra is a girls' name.
How popular is Khadra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khadra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khadra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
Names like Khadra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zainab, Hiba, Rahma, Safaa, Huda, Aaliyah, Safiya, Abeeha, Faiza, Zoha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khadra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khadra, updated 20 October 2026.