MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sahar mean?
Arabic sahar, written سحر, denotes the time just before dawn. Persian and Urdu poetry adopted the word as an image of the night's ending, and it became a feminine name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
سحر
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सहर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sahar in Indian usage
9,248 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,508 records (92%).
- Recorded as male: 740 records (8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 293 |
| 1950s | 588 |
| 1960s | 1,178 |
| 1970s | 1,644 |
| 1980s | 2,765 |
| 1990s | 2,616 |
| Other decades | 164 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,724 |
| Bihar | 2,936 |
| Jharkhand | 650 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 334 |
| Rajasthan | 132 |
| Maharashtra | 126 |
| Other states | 346 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sahar / F | 17 | 1,719 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sahar; Table_6, C1804 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sahar; Table_6, C1804
- Wiktionary: سحر ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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