Fun Facts About the Name Adhara
- More than 2 thousand babies named Adhara: U.S. records list 2,149 babies given the name Adhara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adhara Mean?
Adhara is best known in English as a star name. It comes from Arabic al-ʿadhārā (العذارى), "the virgins," the plural of ʿadhrāʾ (عذراء), "virgin." Arab astronomers used the plural for a small group of stars in Canis Major, and European star lists later attached the name to the brightest member of that group, Epsilon Canis Majoris. The singular form ʿAdhrāʾ is also used as a woman's name in Arabic, where it means "virgin" or "maiden."
A separate source of the name is the Sanskrit noun ādhāra (आधार), "support, base, foundation, prop," a common word in Indian philosophy and religious writing for the ground or substratum on which something rests. Used as a name in South Asia, Adhara is generally understood through that word and carries a sense such as "support" or "foundation." The Arabic and Sanskrit derivations are unrelated, and the spelling alone does not show which one a particular bearer's name comes from.
The Hebrew feminine name Adara looks similar but is a separate name, not a variant of Adhara.
Adhara Name History & Origins
In Arabic star lore the name al-ʿadhārā, "the virgins," belonged to a group of stars in Canis Major. The word entered European astronomy through medieval Latin translations of Arabic astronomical works, which dropped the Arabic article and wrote the name as Adhara. From the early modern star catalogues onward it was fixed to Epsilon Canis Majoris, the second-brightest star of that constellation. Because the name reached English through star tables rather than everyday speech, in English it has been chiefly a star name.
The personal name has two unrelated homes. In Arabic it is the woman's name ʿAdhrāʾ (عذراء), "virgin," the singular of the word behind the star name. In South Asia the name is connected with the Sanskrit noun ādhāra, "support, foundation," a term used in Vedanta and other Indian philosophical traditions for the substratum that underlies something. These two traditions of use should not be treated as one.
How Popular is the Name Adhara?
Adhara recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #370 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #370 | 829 | 0.0516% |
| 2024 | #471 | 654 | 0.0405% |
| 2023 | #772 | 364 | 0.0227% |
| 2022 | #1,582 | 134 | 0.0082% |
| 2021 | #3,002 | 55 | 0.0034% |
| 2020 | #5,666 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #4,161 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #6,798 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #12,736 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #10,121 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #10,162 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #11,949 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #14,623 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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