Saharra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-HAH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Saharra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “desert”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Saharra mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sahara
“desert”
Named after the great African desert, whose name comes from the Arabic word for desert.
Meaning borrowed from Sahara.
Is Saharra a girl's or a boy's name?
Saharra is a girls' name.
How popular is Saharra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Saharra in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saharra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Saharra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Samira Salma Aaliyah Safiya Zahara Amira Safia Samiyah Zahira Hafsa Sama
Names related to Saharra
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Saharra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saharra, updated 20 October 2026.