Meaning, origin and history of the name Tahir

Gender Masculine

Pronounced Pron. /ˈtˤaː.hir/(Arabic) /taː.ˈhiɾ/(Turkish) [key·simplify]

Note In Turkish and Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as TAHİR in uppercase and tahir in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Means "virtuous, pure, chaste" in Arabic.

VariantTaher(Arabic)

Feminine FormsTahira(Arabic) Tahira(Urdu) Tahire(Turkish) Tahirə(Azerbaijani)

Other Languages & CulturesTaher(Persian)

Surname DescendantTahirović(Bosnian)

classic formal wholesome strong refined strange serious