Entry № 10252 · Persian origin

Táhirih Táhirih — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-hee-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"The Pure One (Babi poet-prophetess executed for unveiling)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Persian)

A name that means "the pure one (babi poet-prophetess executed for unveiling)".

Táhirih (طاهره) means "the pure one" in Persian.

The Pure One.

The name in its native script.

طاهره
Transliteration
Ṭāhirih
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɑː.hɪ.riː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Táhirih stands.

Táhirih 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.

Táhirihs before her.

Real people
Táhirih Qurratu'l-Ayn
Babi-Bahai poet-prophetess.
1814 – 1852
In fiction
Táhirih
Nakhjavani's The Woman Who Read Too Much.
2007

Names connected to Táhirih.

The number behind Táhirih.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Táhirih reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.