Entry № 1213 · Arabic origin

Baheera Baheera — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bah-HEE-rah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Arabic

Meaning

"Brilliant (Bahira monk)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "brilliant (bahira monk)".

Baheera is from the Arabic Bahīra.

Brilliant (Bahira monk) — a Arabic name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

بهيرة

Transliteration: Bahīra
Pronunciation: / bəˈhiː.rə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Baheera stands.

Baheera does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Baheeras before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Bahira monk / Sirat Rasul Allah

Arabic brilliant + Bahira Christian Nestorian monk recognized prophetic seal on young Muhammad caravan journey to Syria + Ibn Ishaq Sirat Rasul Allah ~750 CE

Islamic Sira

Names connected to Baheera.

Numerology

The number behind Baheera.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Baheera reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.