Entry № 7367 · Persian origin

Negar Negar — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ neh-GAHR /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Sweetheart, beloved"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "sweetheart, beloved".

Negar (نگار) is the Persian word for "sweetheart" or "beloved" — also "picture" or "painting" (the painted one, the beautiful). The word appears in classical Persian poetry as a beloved's address.

Negar is widely used in Iran.

Sweetheart. The Persian poetic beloved.

The name in its native script.

نگار
Transliteration
Negār
Pronunciation
/ nəˈɡɑːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Negar stands.

Negar 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.

Negars before her.

Real people
Negar Khan
Iranian model.
born 1980
In fiction
Negar
Beloved in classical Persian poetry.

Names connected to Negar.

The number behind Negar.

9

The Giver

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