Gohar
Gohar and Gauhar are given names and surnames. Gawhar is a given name. Also, Gohar Kohar or Goar may be transliterations of the Armenian feminine given name Գոհար. Together with a numer of other names, these names are derived from the Persian gōhar (گُوهَر) meaning "gem, jewel" or "essence, substance". Notabe people with the name include:
- Persian
- Armenian
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Gohar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gohar and Gauhar are given names and surnames. Gawhar is a given name. Also, Gohar Kohar or Goar may be transliterations of the Armenian feminine given name Գոհար. Together with a numer of other names, these names are derived from the Persian gōhar (گُوهَر) meaning "gem, jewel" or "essence, substance". Notabe people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
- Armenian
- Urdu
The Story of Gohar
The earliest SSA record of Gohar as a baby girl name dates back to 1995, when 6 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Gohar — #11,611 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Gohar on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Gohar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Gohar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gohar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Goharik
- Kohar
Names that sound like Gohar
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About the name Gohar
Gohar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Gohar's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #11,611. Use the chart and map above to compare Gohar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.