Entry № 4778 · Persian origin

Jahanara Jahanara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jah-han-AH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Mughal princess (Shah Jahan's daughter)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "mughal princess (shah jahan's daughter)".

Jahanara (جہاں آرا) combines the Persian jahān (world) and ārā (adornment) — "adornment of the world." Princess Jahanara (1614-1681), eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, was the most powerful Mughal princess — she ruled the imperial harem and supported her father during his imprisonment.

Adornment of the world. Shah Jahan's beloved daughter.

The name in its native script.

جہاں آرا
Transliteration
Jahānārā
Pronunciation
/ ˌdʒɑː.hɑːnˈɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jahanara stands.

Jahanara 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.

Jahanaras before her.

Real people
Princess Jahanara
Eldest daughter of Shah Jahan.
1614 – 1681
In fiction
Jahanara
Common in Mughal historical fiction.

Names connected to Jahanara.

The number behind Jahanara.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jahanara reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.