Nashira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-SHEER-uh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nashira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bearer of good news”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nashira mean?
Arabic: from Arabic nashira 'bearer of good tidings'
“bearer of good news”
Also the name of the star Gamma Capricorni, whose name comes from Arabic for the bearer of good tidings.
Is Nashira a girl's or a boy's name?
Nashira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nashira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nashira, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1983, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Nashira in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nashira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
Names like Nashira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Samira Amira Adhara Khadija Sasha Naima Sahara Aaliyah Safa Hana Amina
Names related to Nashira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nashira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nashira, updated 20 October 2026.