Entry № 4848 · Arabic origin

Jawharah Jawharah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jaw-HAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Jewel / gem"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "jewel / gem".

Jawharah is from the Arabic جوهرة (Jawharah — jewel, gem, essence). Jawharah is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage.

Jewel / gem (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

جوهرة
Transliteration
Jawharah
Pronunciation
/ dʒəwˈhɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jawharah stands.

Jawharah 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.

Jawharahs before her.

Real people
Princess Jawharah bint Musaed Al Saud
Saudi princess + mother of King Salman of Saudi Arabia + grandmother of Crown Prince MBS + pan-Saudi royal heritage.
1936 – 2024
In fiction
Jawhar al-Saqlabi
Fatimid general conquered Egypt 969 CE + founded Cairo Al-Qahirah + founded Al-Azhar Mosque + University 970 CE + one of world's oldest universities.
Fatimid Caliphate

Names connected to Jawharah.

The number behind Jawharah.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jawharah reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.