Asghar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Asghar

What is the meaning of the name Asghar ?

The baby name Asghar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic IPA: /asˈɣar/; Persian/Urdu IPA: /æsˈɡær/; common respelling: AS-ghar.

Asghar is Arabic in Origin.

Asghar is an Arabic and Persian masculine name meaning “younger” or “youngest,” from Arabic asghar (أصغر), the comparative/superlative of saghir “small, young.” Through Persian and Urdu it spread widely across the Muslim world, where the gh sound of Arabic ghayn is preserved in the common spelling Asghar.

In use since early Islamic times, it often served as an epithet to distinguish bearers of the same given name, paired with Akbar (“elder”) for the older brother. The name is especially venerated in Shia communities because of Ali al‑Asghar ibn Husayn, the infant martyred at Karbala, giving rise to frequent compounds such as Ali Asghar. Regional variants and transliterations include Asgar and (rare) Asgher; Persian/Urdu forms use the same consonants. Related feminine counterpart is Sughra (“younger”). Today Asghar remains common in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and among South Asian and diaspora Muslims.