Seher
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-HER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Seher is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Seher mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Bosnian form of Sahar
“dawn”
The Turkish and Bosnian form of Arabic sahar, the time just before dawn.
Is Seher a girl's or a boy's name?
Seher is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seher in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Seher, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Seher in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Seher in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Seher 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 Seher, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Seher in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seher in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Seher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Summer Zainab Ayah Hafsa Ayat Aaliyah Safaa Sama Sumayyah Hiba Raya
Names related to Seher
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Seher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seher, updated 20 October 2026.