Sehr
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEHR
- Origin
- Arabic
Sehr is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “magic, enchantment”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sehr mean?
Arabic: from sihr
“magic, enchantment”
From Arabic sihr, meaning enchantment or magic, used as a girl's name in Pakistan.
Is Sehr a girl's or a boy's name?
Sehr is a girls' name.
How popular is Sehr in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sehr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sehr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
Names like Sehr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Salma, Safa, Sahar, Safia, Shahd, Farah, Sehar, Aaliyah, Samira, Samah, Saba
Names related to Sehr
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, “Sehr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sehr, updated 20 October 2026.